is there a better fashion photographer working today? Nope. Is it a reduction of the highest order to call him simply a fashion photographer? Yupp.
Somehow, I never really liked his clothes... didn't dislike, but rather a detached admiration.
However, the photographs? Now that's a different story. Ever heard of Irving Penn, Frantisek Drtikol, August Sander, Richard Avedon, or Herbert List? So has Hedi Slimane, yet somehow he manages to absorb and then quietly explode beyond anything they ever did. That's right, I said it.
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