{"product_id":"balenciaga-kublin-ana-balda-9780500026533","title":"Balenciaga - Kublin: A Fashion Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first book to document the short yet prolific artistic career of fashion photographer and filmmaker Tom Kublin, and a celebration of his creative union with Cristóbal Balenciaga during the fashion house's postwar heyday in Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMore than 140 photographs and film stills by Kublin capture the golden age of Balenciaga couture in the 1950s and 1960s, from the impeccable elegance of the collection shoots--including exclusive film footage of Balenciaga himself at work--to striking covers and editorials for high-profile magazines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBalenciaga - Kublin\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a foreword by Maria Kublin and continues with a biography by Ana Balda, charting Kublins career, his place in the artistic milieu of the European avant-garde, and his working relationship with Balenciaga. Miren Vives, head of the Cristóbal Balenciaga Museum, also contributes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdditional texts come from fashion industry professionals who worked with and knew Kublin best: an interview with his partner and muse, the model Katinka Bleeker; memories from the Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri, who began his career as Kublin's assistant in Paris in the 1960s; and a piece by Lydia Slater, editor in chief of \u003cem\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/em\u003e UK, who looks back on Kublin's work for the magazine at a pivotal time in its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book honors the successes and innovations of Kublin's career, recording for posterity his contribution to fashion photography and the iconography of the House of Balenciaga.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ana Balda, Maria Kublin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 050002653X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500026533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ana Balda","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46110881120511,"sku":"9780500026533","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_087dfe42-f31d-404e-bc5e-d8320d7e89fe.jpg?v=1725470039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/balenciaga-kublin-ana-balda-9780500026533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}