Edition of 1,000 copies , hardcover in a slipcase, 28.6 x 38.8 cm, 3.61 kg, 268 pages
Edition: English
The Queen of Italy
Sophia Loren through Eisenstaedt's lens: Majestic, beautiful, yet approachable
Sophia Loren and Alfred “Eisie” Eisenstaedt first met in 1961 when he hired her for LIFE photographed – The most important photography magazine of the 20th century . This was the beginning of a decades-long friendship between the enchanting international star and the "father of photojournalism." Loren established herself as both a glamorous and serious actress and was well on her way to... one of the most famous women in the world to become, while Eisenstaedt already had a four-decade-long career as a photographer.
Sophia contains Nearly two hundred previously unpublished color and black and white photographs from the 1960s and 1970s, those from the magazine's archives LIFE These images originate from the original negatives, which were scanned in New York . They were lovingly curated and compiled in an unprecedented collaboration between Loren and the Eisenstaedt Estate. The photographs are accompanied by excerpts from the numerous [documents/images/etc.]. LIFE cover stories that Eisenstaedt photographed of Loren. In the pictures, she is effortlessly beautiful, spirited, and fearless, but sometimes also deeply introspective in her private world, which Eisenstaedt was privileged to witness. We see Loren on the set of films such as Madame (1961), Marriage, Italian style (1964) and The Countess of Hong Kong (1967) alongside legends like Marcello Mastroianni, Marlon Brando and Charlie Chaplin ; their modest family home near Naples; private moments in their imposing villa near Rome with husband Carlo Ponti ; when she became a mother in 1969; her Family life in Paris with her sons Carlo Jr. and Edoardo in 1976 and finally in 1979 in New York City, where we meet her as a wiser, highly self-assured author on a press tour for her memoirs. Eisenstaedt's photographs tell the story with characteristic blend of artistry and humanity the history of most dynamic phase of her career and her life .
Featuring an essay by Italian cultural critic Professor Stephen Gundle and captions by Hollywood historian Justin Humphreys, this enchanting collection showcases the many facets of Loren: Muse, icon, mother, timeless star, and woman like any other . Above all, it is a photo album that captures the unforgettable, A unique friendship between two legends documented: Eisenstaedt, who reinvented photojournalism, and Loren, the epitome of Italian glamour.
Collector's Edition (No. 201–1,200), by Sophia Loren signed
The photographer
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995) served in the German army during the First World War and took photographs on the side in the 1920s while working as a haberdasher. From 1929 onwards, he worked as a freelance photographer in Berlin, for example for the Berliner Tageblatt . In 1935, he moved to the United States and in 1936 became one of the four photographers working for Life magazine, then called "Project X." He remained with the magazine for over 50 years, taking 80 cover photos and completing 2,500 assignments. In 1945, he took one of the most famous photographs of all time in New York: a sailor passionately kissing a young woman in Times Square during the celebrations of the Japanese surrender. He published several books, including... Witness Of Our Time (1966).
Edition of 1,000 copies , hardcover in a slipcase, 28.6 x 38.8 cm, 3.61 kg, 268 pages
Edition: English
The Queen of Italy
Sophia Loren through Eisenstaedt's lens: Majestic, beautiful, yet approachable
Sophia Loren and Alfred “Eisie” Eisenstaedt first met in 1961 when he hired her for LIFE photographed – The most important photography magazine of the 20th century . This was the beginning of a decades-long friendship between the enchanting international star and the "father of photojournalism." Loren established herself as both a glamorous and serious actress and was well on her way to... one of the most famous women in the world to become, while Eisenstaedt already had a four-decade-long career as a photographer.
Sophia contains Nearly two hundred previously unpublished color and black and white photographs from the 1960s and 1970s, those from the magazine's archives LIFE These images originate from the original negatives, which were scanned in New York . They were lovingly curated and compiled in an unprecedented collaboration between Loren and the Eisenstaedt Estate. The photographs are accompanied by excerpts from the numerous [documents/images/etc.]. LIFE cover stories that Eisenstaedt photographed of Loren. In the pictures, she is effortlessly beautiful, spirited, and fearless, but sometimes also deeply introspective in her private world, which Eisenstaedt was privileged to witness. We see Loren on the set of films such as Madame (1961), Marriage, Italian style (1964) and The Countess of Hong Kong (1967) alongside legends like Marcello Mastroianni, Marlon Brando and Charlie Chaplin ; their modest family home near Naples; private moments in their imposing villa near Rome with husband Carlo Ponti ; when she became a mother in 1969; her Family life in Paris with her sons Carlo Jr. and Edoardo in 1976 and finally in 1979 in New York City, where we meet her as a wiser, highly self-assured author on a press tour for her memoirs. Eisenstaedt's photographs tell the story with characteristic blend of artistry and humanity the history of most dynamic phase of her career and her life .
Featuring an essay by Italian cultural critic Professor Stephen Gundle and captions by Hollywood historian Justin Humphreys, this enchanting collection showcases the many facets of Loren: Muse, icon, mother, timeless star, and woman like any other . Above all, it is a photo album that captures the unforgettable, A unique friendship between two legends documented: Eisenstaedt, who reinvented photojournalism, and Loren, the epitome of Italian glamour.
Collector's Edition (No. 201–1,200), by Sophia Loren signed
The photographer
Alfred Eisenstaedt (1898–1995) served in the German army during the First World War and took photographs on the side in the 1920s while working as a haberdasher. From 1929 onwards, he worked as a freelance photographer in Berlin, for example for the Berliner Tageblatt . In 1935, he moved to the United States and in 1936 became one of the four photographers working for Life magazine, then called "Project X." He remained with the magazine for over 50 years, taking 80 cover photos and completing 2,500 assignments. In 1945, he took one of the most famous photographs of all time in New York: a sailor passionately kissing a young woman in Times Square during the celebrations of the Japanese surrender. He published several books, including... Witness Of Our Time (1966).
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