De vrouw in het zand. De mode verdwijnt in de ruimte.

An examination of fashion and travel photography as typified in
Holland by the magazine Avenue. The author endorses Roland
Barthes' analysis of fashion photography (Système de la Mode,
1967) and his concept of the world as decor. An extreme example
of fashion/travel reportage are the shots taken above the Arctic
circle near the coast of Greenland and in the Sahara by the
designer/photographer Thierry Mugler. Pointing to a new element
in fashion photography - the narrative - the author analyses the
work of Maarten Schets. Fashion's theme, she concludes, lies in
the environment. A magazine such as Avenue ""can afford to leave
the interpretation of the images it supplies to the creativity
of its readers''. (Dutch)


Citaten:
Barthes, R.: Système de la Mode (1967)