Sante DOrazio: Polaroids [Hardcover]

Known for a sensual style that helped shape the look of '90s glamour, photographer Sante D'Orazio presents in this new photobook his personal Polaroids—images that were usually taken as casual warm-ups for official shoots. Gathered here is a who's who of beloved pop culture icons—actresses such as Julia Roberts and Angelina Jolie, supermodels including Kate Moss and Cindy Crawford, rock stars Jon Bon Jovi, Keith Richards, and many more. All are captured in D'Orazio's signature style—sometimes nude, sometimes not, but always charged with sex appeal and glamour. Presented in a textured case with a tip-on image on the cover, this luxe collection is as alluring as it is thought-provoking.Sante D'Orazio is an internationally-exhibited fashion and fine art photographer based in New York.

Glenn O'Brien is a renowned writer whose topics include art, music, and fashion. He lives in New York.“Long before Instagram, fashion photographer Sante D’Orazio captured the ephemeral reality of the supermodel era…. D’Orazio found magic one shot at a time with his Polaroids. Portrait photography is about the singular moment, finding a space in time where the personality can emerge.Sante D'Orazio Polaroids,published by Chronicle Books, collects shots taken as casual warm-ups, as a test of the light. Inherently noncommercial, one-of-a-kind moments, there's something about their spirit that is particularly poignant—as if the shot itself knows that it is a loner, an original.” —Maxim