Harry N. Abrams

The Metropolitan Museum's annual Costume Institute exhibition is the most prestigious event of its kind-a remarkable, must-see spectacle. With subjects that both reflect the zeitgeist and contribute to its creation, each exhibition--from 2005's "Chanel," to 2011's "Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty"-creates a provocative and engaging narrative...

Royal palaces have always included splendid gardens for the pleasure of kings--and as a sign of their power. With their prestige, influence, taste and passion, royal families have created and left to posterity these unforgettable landscapes, all gorgeous places with exceptional historical importance. Photographer Jean-Baptiste Leroux, who...

Windows is the breakthrough project of Xavier Guardans, produced in 2006 while exploring the Kenyan bush, and now seven years later, published for the first time. Windows includes a stunning selection of portraiture depicting various Turkana, Samburu, Masai, Rendille, Gabra, and Pokot individuals framed through the window of a Toyota Land Cruiser...

There are no places on earth more mysterious and complex than tropical rainforests. These wonders of biodiversity cover just six percent of the earth's surface, yet are home to over half of all identified animal and plant species and contain one fourth of the world's fresh water. Famed biologist E.O. Wilson said that walking into a rainforest is...

Designer Valentin Yudashkin has brought a contemporary Russian aesthetic to the wider world of fashion. Yudashkin is the only Russian designer to be honoured with membership in the exclusive Syndicate of High Fashion in Paris. Today he creates both luxurious haute couture and ready-to-wear lines that are shown at Fashion Week in New York, Milan and...

Body Vase is a perfect marriage of Gudnason's most prolific inspirations - the human form and the natural and organic. By looking at one of the oldest sources of inspiration in history, the natural world, and combining it with the purity and neutrality of the nude, these photographs explore the diverse range of human emotion and create a new...