Publisher/Stern Gruner + Jahr AG & Co

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This collection of works by American photographer Peggy Sirota (1964-) offers a unique perspective on her celebrity portraits, a work she has been pursuing since the mid-1980s. Based in New York, Sirota deviates from conventional photographic techniques and instead works in a relaxed, collaborative manner with her subjects, revealing the stories and emotions behind the superficial "star image." Written in both English and German, this book features a selection of color and black-and-white photographs from her work for magazines like Vogue and Rolling Stone, questioning the iconic role of celebrities, along with their visual margins. By focusing on the "instantaneous gaps" of vulnerable poses and fleeting gestures, Sirota presents her subjects not simply as models, but as beings constantly evolving over time. These photographs, which are both snapshot-like and structured, quietly reflect the human fragility and playfulness that lie behind celebrity culture, and invite the viewer to reexamine the conditions of "seeing."