- Chronicling a world of beauty and style, photographer Rose Hartman
has captured fashion's trendsetters for three decades, and in so doing
has helped to define what we remember most about glamour and those who
create it Rose Hartman is a legend. An omnipresent force on the New York
City social scene, Rose stands as one of the most prolific photographers
of our age. As a woman photographer, Rose has jumped over every hurdle
in a male-dominated world to create a huge body of work, documenting the
demimonde of fame and glamor in the center of world culture. If you are
famous, she has most likely photographed you, whether you know her well
or not at all. Her groundbreaking photography straddles the boundaries
between street photography, portraiture and documentary photography. The
images included in this book are prime selections of couples - artists
and muses; designers and muses; family; mothers and children; pets;
friendships; models and friends; lovers; marriages - photographed by
Rose over the years, and yet they are far more than pictures of two
people. In each and every photograph, Rose is the third and most
critical component. She is the director of the final cut. Thanks to her
impeccable timing and placement, Rose opts to trip the shutter at just
the right moment, capturing a critical instant in a conversation - a
pose, a gesture - so as to present a story about two people from the
world of popular culture. Couples featured include: Jerry Hall and Annie
Leibovitz, Bob Mackie and Cher, Claudia Schiffer and Valentino, Jean
Paul Gautier and Lauren Bacall, Donatella Versace and Naomi Campbell,
Peter and Jane Fonda, Bianca and Jade Jagger, Lily and Kate Moss, Sean
Lennon and Yoko Ono, Liz Taylor and her dog, Andy Warhol and Lou Reed,
Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley, Robert Wolders and Audrey Hepburn, Iman
and David Bowie, Antonio Banderas and Melanie Griffith, Kelly and Calvin
Klein, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon, Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown.
