UP FOR SALE: Bert Stern: Adventures Hardcover , Dust Jacket? January 1, 1997 by Robert A. Sobieszek (Author), Bert Stern (Photographer) The Dust Jacket does a two minor blemishes, one on the back cover and one on the edge of the front cover--as shown in the photos. Bert Stern: Adventures captures in a sweeping array of images the remarkable career of Bert Stern, one of the legendary figures in contemporary photography. Stern's meteoric rise in the 1950s advertising world is represented by such classic images as his vodka advertisement in which an Egyptian pyramid is seen inverted in a martini glass. His portraits of stars ranging from Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn to Drew Barrymore, including the spellbinding 1962 "last sitting" photographs of Marilyn Monroe, form a gallery of the most beautiful women of our time. In the 1960s, he became the American prototype of the fashion photographer as media star, and his pictures of models from Twiggy to Iman have become icons to a new generation of photographers. In all Stern's work can be seen the remarkable graphic simplicity of his photographic art, as well as his extraordinary rapport with his subjects. Robert Sobieszek's text recounts the story of Stern's rise from a Brooklyn childhood to the pinnacle of success and glamour in Manhattan, and his spectacular fall from grace, while analyzing Stern's achievement and establishing its context in the recent history of commercial photography. Driven by an obsession with beautiful women, Stern lived on the edge, and when his commercial empire crumbled in the 1970s, he dropped from sight. Since the early 1980s, he has reestablished his career, though at a less frenetic pace, while his earlier work has undergone the reevaluation that has led to this retrospective volume. AS IS AS SHOWN Please take a look at the pictures for the best description. A photo is as good as a thousand words and is the best description of cosmetic condition. Use your ZOOM TOOL to best see this item! Please look closely at all the photos for condition--Thank you *Vintage and secondhand items may have flaws. Please review item(s), description and picture(s). I do my best to research and describe the items accurately, but I am not an expert on all of the items I sell. Unless specified in the listing, all items are sold AS-IS AS-SEEN in photos* All of My Items Come from a Smoke Free Home and have been cleaned per's standards I do Ship everyday Monday - Friday I do my best to ensure that my photos are as true to color as possible. However, due to inconsistencies of various monitors, lighting sources, digital photography, product color may slightly vary Feel Free to Visit My Store and Browse Through My Other Listings as I am happy to combine shipping for you. Please contact me with any issues prior to leaving negative/neutral feedback or low detail ratings, as I will always do my best to solve any problems that may come up! If you have any further questions, please feel free to message me Any props that are used in the taking of the photos are not included. Only the item/items in the title of the listings are being sold