Ara Gallant

Ara Gallant
Publisher's Description
He was born Ira Gallantz in 1932 in the Bronx, but later changed his
name to the more exotic-sounding Ara Gallant—and the life he led was
indeed an exotic one. Gallant began his professional career in fashion as
a hairdresser,working at Bergdorf Goodman department store in New
York as one of the city’s top colorists. In the mid-1960s, he was
approached by Vogue and began to work exclusively on photo assignments,
the first hair stylist to be paid to fulfill such a role. Gallant went
on to work with many of the great fashion photographers of the period,
Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Bert Stern among them. Perhaps his
most notable contribution as a stylist was the introduction of “flying
hair,” an effect he first used on an Avedon shoot with iconic model
Twiggy in 1966, and which is still widely employed today. By the early
1970s, Gallant had begun shooting his own pictures, his first assignment
being a set of celebrity portraits for Interview magazine. His work
often juxtaposed classic Horst-like compositions with contemporary
scenarios. In the early 1980s, Gallant moved to Los Angeles to pursue a
directing career,which never happened; in 1990, he committed suicide
in a Las Vegas hotel room. This new book tracing Gallant’s life and career
is edited by DavidWills and features photographs by Richard Avedon
plus a foreword by Anjelica Huston.
ISBN: 8862081200
Publisher: Damiani
Hardcover : 220 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 9.8 x 12.6 x 0.9 inches
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Publisher: Damiani
Hardcover : 220 pages
Language: English
Dimensions: 9.8 x 12.6 x 0.9 inches