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Rebel Youth: Karlheinz Weinberger

This first-of-its-kind collection presents photographer Karlheinz Weinberger’s influential portraits of rebel youth of the sixties. While Karlheinz Weinberger is known as a pioneer of male erotic imagery, the Swiss amateur photographer also left an indelible mark on the fashion world with his decades-long documenting of vibrant rebel youth culture. These working-class teenagers created looks that fused iconic American pop culture imagery — biker jackets, denim jeans, bouffant hairdos, James Dean insouciance — with their own idiosyncratic sensibilities. From the late 1950s through the ’60s, Weinberger captured the defiant glamour of these youths with a keen eye for their provocative handmade designs. Inspired by the rebel youth’s pop playfulness and fierce individuality, a legion of contemporary fashion-industry leaders have been profoundly influenced by the photographs collected in this stunning volume.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 176
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780847836123
  • Genres
  • photography
  • Release date
  • 2011