Five New Books on Fashion, Photography, and Beauty in 2024
Artribune highlights five recent 2024 book releases that explore fashion, photography, abortion, and beauty through image-driven narratives. Maria Luisa Frisa's 'I racconti della moda' (Einaudi) uses literature by Joyce Carol Oates, Pier Vittorio Tondelli, and Bret Easton Ellis to discuss fashion as a universal language. 'Otti Berger – Weaving for Modernist Architecture' accompanies a Berlin exhibition at the Bauhaus-Archiv, curated by Judith Raum, with contributions from textile designer Katja Stelz and photographer Uta Neumann. Carmen Winant's 'The Last Safe Abortion' won The Author Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles Book Awards 2024, drawing on archival images from Minnesota, Iowa, and Ohio to depict abortion care as empowerment. Sofia Masini's 'The Body is a Revelation as Landscape', begun in 2019, includes essays by Elisa Medde and explores fragmented bodies in connection with nature and performance. '25 Photographs in a Box and a 32-Page Booklet' is a limited edition (circa 100 copies) collaboration between London photographer Andreas Klassen, designer Colin Doerffler, and bookbinder Piotr Jarosz, featuring 25 portraits from a session with 60 people.
Key facts
- Five books on fashion, photography, and beauty released in 2024.
- Maria Luisa Frisa's 'I racconti della moda' published by Einaudi.
- Book references Joyce Carol Oates, Pier Vittorio Tondelli, Bret Easton Ellis.
- 'Otti Berger – Weaving for Modernist Architecture' accompanies a Berlin exhibition at Bauhaus-Archiv.
- Judith Raum curated the exhibition and classified Berger's textiles.
- Katja Stelz and Uta Neumann contributed to the volume.
- Carmen Winant's 'The Last Safe Abortion' won The Author Book Award at Rencontres d'Arles Book Awards 2024.
- Winant's book uses archival images from Minnesota, Iowa, and Ohio.
- Sofia Masini's 'The Body is a Revelation as Landscape' began in 2019.
- The book includes essays by Elisa Medde.
- '25 Photographs in a Box and a 32-Page Booklet' is a limited edition of about 100 copies.
- Collaboration between Andreas Klassen, Colin Doerffler, and Piotr Jarosz.
- The project involved 60 people photographed without makeup or styling.
Entities
Artists
- Maria Luisa Frisa
- Joyce Carol Oates
- Pier Vittorio Tondelli
- Bret Easton Ellis
- Otti Berger
- Judith Raum
- Katja Stelz
- Uta Neumann
- Carmen Winant
- Sofia Masini
- Elisa Medde
- Andreas Klassen
- Colin Doerffler
- Piotr Jarosz
Institutions
- Einaudi
- Bauhaus-Archiv
- Rencontres d'Arles Book Awards
Locations
- Berlin
- Germany
- Minnesota
- Iowa
- Ohio
- London
- United Kingdom