MICHELCOMTE

Neues Publishing, New York, 1999, appears 1st thus.  ISBN 3-8238-0999-7.  Translated from the German by Bram Opstelten, prefaces by Geraldine Chaplin and Tina Brown, and a text by Moritz von Uslar.  Very good plus; blue boards with white lettering on front and spine; very light corner, edge and spine end wear.  Binding sound with headbands.  Dust jacket has some edge and cover wear, a few scrapes and scratches, tiny tear at upper front flap fold.  Photographic end papers; interior clean and unmarked with colour and black & white photos.  ‘An eccentric endowed with a subtle intuition, an insatiable curiosity about people and just as much black humor as technical know-how, Michel Comte is today one of the most sought-after fashion and society photographers of his generation. … His photo shoots of the famous and the beautiful, however, by no means quench is photographic thirst for images.  Whenever he can, he will travel the unstable areas of the world with his camera, oftentimes on assignment for the International Red Cross.  Poverty and wars leave their mark upon his photographs.’ (from front flap)