Andre Carrara, Regards

Regards spans 4 decades of the extraordinary professional career of a photographer whose discretion and elegance are reflected in this dedicated retrospective: a tribute to womanhood, to women in all their diversity.

How best to tell the life story of a fashion photographer? What was the common thread composing his career? How does his body of work and progression tie into the history of fashion photography? Regards spans 4 decades of the extraordinary professional career of a photographer whose discretion and elegance are reflected in this dedicated retrospective: a tribute to womanhood, to women in all their diversity, showcasing their timelessness, universality, sophistication, boldness, seductiveness, provocativeness and even at times their inaccessibility. A hymn exalting their beauty.

This one-of-a-kind book, offering numerous iconic images, also delicately narrates how perception of this femininity has evolved over the years. But above all else, this book tells the story of a man's love for women, who have always left him fascinated, amazed, overwhelmed and inspired. This work is a confession of love for what women represent to him, a testimonial to how they move the photographer, who has never ceased to admire them with passion.

About the Author

Andre Carrara is one of the last heavyweights in a fashion scene that has faded with the passing of its last icons, whether photographers or creators, including the likes of Peter Lindberg, Karl Lagerfeld, Guy Bourdin and Emanuel Ungaro. Since 1963, with his initial photo shoot - an ad campaign that garnered lots of attention for Lacoste - Andre Carrara has collaborated alongside fashion's most notable art directors, starting with Antoine Kieffer at Vogue France, who commissioned his first foray into photojournalism, followed by Roman Cieslewitz at Elle.

This collaboration was suspended for a three-year period spent traveling in the U.S., Upon returning to France at the beginning of the 1970's, he reengaged with Elle and published in a large number of magazines as well as in British, German and Italian releases of Vogue , while at the same time becoming one of the leading photographers with the MAFIA advertising agency. Though Andre Carrara spent the 1990's as a regular contributor to the American magazine Allure and other renowned publications, at the behest of Anna Wintour, his output during the years 1980- 2000 will be especially remembered for layouts in Marie-Claire and Marie-Claire bis.