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David Seymour, or Szymin, was born in Warsaw in 1911, the son of a Polish publisher. In 1929 he studied graphic arts and photography at the academy in Leipzig, where he specialized in the new techniques of printing pictures in colour. In 1931 he moved to Paris to study sciences at the Sorbonne but with the political problems that developed in...

Rudolf Nureyev is a legend in the true sense of the word, and this beautiful book is a fitting tribute to his extraordinary career and charisma. It brings together more than 180 of the greatest images of the greatest dancer of the twentieth century, taken by photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson, Snowdon, David Bailey, Martine ...

Richard Prince emerged in the 1980s as one of America's new, highly innovative artists who worked with the margins of American subcultures and visual debris. Highly idiosyncratic subject matter - such as one-line jokes, cartoons, cowboys ('borrowed' from the Marlboro ads) and motorcycle gangs - are central to his work. In the late 1970s Prince was...

Compiled by the magazine's travel experts, and by the extraordinary network of international correspondents, the guides are truly the insider's guide to each featured city. Both people who live there, as well as the well-travelled editorial team of "Wallpaper*", have put their heads together to come up with a fascinating, efficient guide that keeps...

Wallpaper City Guides not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether they have a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an "Architour", design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to particular city. Wallpaper City...

Wallpaper* City Guides are an exciting, stylish new concept in travel guides published by Phaidon Press and Wallpaper* magazine. Glamorous, global and affordable, the new travel guides can be acquired for only $8.95 and feature the world's greatest cities, from Barcelona to Buenos Aires, Istanbul to Sydney, London to Los Angeles.Aimed at the design...