Very high end photo book of high end resorts. Slip case has some marks, book is VGC.
Very heavy, so postage is higher.
This is an excerpt written by Michael Vanderbyl as the forward for our
book "Resorts" It's flattering, which is of course why we chose it.
It is my pleasure to introduce the captivating, witty, and inventive
photographic work of Thomas Hart Shelby. He is a genuine artist
possessed of a singular creative gift, matched by the diligence of the
true professional.
I am not the first to take note of Thom’s considerable talent.
At the
age of only fifteen, he studied under the tutelage of renowned
photojournalists’ Dan Dry and Melissa Farlow he was then invited to
spend a summer working in the New York studio of Sing-Si Schwartz, where
he would learn photographic technique from a master and document the
costumes that a young Halston was designing for Martha Graham. Through
Halston, Thom met Andy Warhol, who in turn asked him to photograph shoes
for an ad campaign created for Halston. It was an apprenticeship with
the most legendary avant-garde of the 1970’s.
From that beginning, Thom took a diverse path through the profession of
photography and his work is only the richer for it. He pursued formal
studies in photojournalism, worked on fashion shoots, and assisted Annie
Leibovitz on occasion.
Thom’s interests ultimately moved in the
direction of photojournalism, giving him the opportunity to shoot for
National Geographic Traveler, German Playboy, Fortune, and Forbes, to
name a few. Most notably, his iconic image of the 9/11 attack on the
World Trade Center appeared in Time Magazine, as well as other
publications around the world. During this time, Thom also found success
as a portrait photographer.
This wide range of disciplines and background has led to the narrative
approach that he brings to his present day commercial work. Thom’s
shots of interiors reveal everything that’s important about a room—the
light, the composition, the details—and also tell you about the life
that might be lived in that space.
His resort lifestyle imagery reaches so far beyond just “lifestyle,” it
embodies a property’s true history, its heritage, its meaning. His
pictures create an atmosphere, convey a message, tell the story. Nobody
does it better.
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