Fashion Tribes Global Street Style

Description

In Fashion Tribes, award-winning photographer Daniele Tamagni has tracked down and recorded some of the most surprising and colorful international fashion subcultures. Through documentary shots and staged portraiture, he's captured heavy metal rockers in Botswana, hipsters in Johannesburg, dandies in the Congo, female wrestlers in Bolivia, "bling bling" youth in Cuba, and Punks in Burma. Often marginalised on the fringes of their own societies or just down on their heels, these people fight back and express their creativity and joy through personal style. With essays by leading experts in fashion, photography, anthropology, and sociology, Fashion Tribes offers a broad view of world dress and shows the power that clothing can hold.

Author description

Daniele Tamagni is a freelance fashion and documentary photographer based in Milan. He received a prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category at the 2011 World Press Photo Contest and was the 2010 recipient of the ICP Infinity Award in applied fashion photography. Tamagni's work has been exhibited worldwide. His previous book, The Gentlemen of Bacongo, inspired the 2010 Spring/Summer collection of designer Paul Smith. The book also includes essays by established editors, journalists, and photographers, anthropologists, and scholars. List of Contributors:
Els van der Plas, former director at Premsela, Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion
Suzy Menkes, fashion editor for the International Herald Tribune
Okwui Enwezor, director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich
Hudita Nura Mustafa, social anthropologist
Veronique Marchand, sociologist
Karie Breen, former director of international Marie Claire magazines
Asand Sizani, fashion editor for Elle magazine
Peter Popham, journalist at The Independent