📖 Girls in the Windows: And Other Stories

Girls in the Windows: And Other Stories is the first book to survey the work of Ormond Gigli and escorts the viewer behind the fa?ade of that incredible photograph - to understand its genesis and to celebrate its remarkable achievement - in addition to creating a portal into the rest of Gigli's brilliant career. This beautifully illustrated volume showcases Gigli's celebrity and fashion photographs, and includes his innovative work in the worlds of theater, film, and dance, as well as his little-known travel photography and photojournalism. Gigli, a master of photo art direction, orchestrated his photo shoots like an accomplished film director, and his portraits are intimate and revealing as a result, his set work inventive and at times even playful. His engagement with his subjects was unparalleled, among whom are included Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Anna Moffo, Anita Ekberg, Marcel Duchamp, Willem de Kooning, John F.Kennedy, Halston, Marlene Dietrich, Leslie Caron, Judy...