From the Archive-Spring 2008 issue: SUGGESTED 25 Books. This list of books are timeless, in that they still hold relevance in our industry. They hold tidbits of inspiration and beauty that open our eyes to the expanse of possibilities when we as artists look upon a face, be it for editorial, bridal, commercial etc. We hope you find the beauty and inspiration in this suggested list, as we did when putting together this for our Spring 2008 issue.
There are few things more inspiring thank a good book – and in the case of makeup artistry – one filled with amazing and inspirational photos. Books connect us to things past, present, familiar and unfamiliar. They allow us to interpret and dissect, to consider and to imagine. The selection of books that has been compiled here ranges from some amazing must-have titles that should be in every makeup artist’s personal library, to some of the best research books on period beauty we have ever seen. Most of the books listed here are now out-of-print. some are quite old and some quite rare, while some were published a bit more recently. some you can find online and others are next to impossible to get your hands on. Some will be technique driven, some will be purely intended to inspire. But on thing that all of these books have in common is that as a collection they provide a very uncommon review of past interpretations of beauty and makeup artistry, and of how history, fashion, cinema, and stage have impacted how we perceived what “beautiful” means. These books provide us a glimpse into cultural, political, and historic influences on beauty and makeup that have to be seen and studied at this level to be understood. They are just a few of the infinite number of titles that you will find if only you go out and look for them, and when you experience the rush of excitement having found an incredible, inspiring stash at a local used book shop – it will become clear that your art and your craft are worth the effort, and that inspirational tools are worth the search.
Georgette Klinger Skincare Georgette klinger and Barbara Rowes. William Morrow and Company 1979
Beauty The Twentieth Century Universe, a division of Rizzoli Internationational Publications 2000
Making Up by Rex Diana Lewis Jewell. Clarkson N. Potter, Inc. 1986
The Rudi Gernreich Book Peggy Moffitt Photography by WIlliam Claxton Essay by Marylou Luther. This editiion published by Taschen 1999
Linda Mason Sun Sign Makeovers Linda Mason. Farrar Staus, and Giroux New York 1985
Designing Your Face An Illustrated Guide to Using Cosmetics Way Brandy. Random House, Inc. 1977
The Westmore Beauty Book Perc, Wally But, Fran, and Monte Westmore. Melvin Korshak Publishers 1956
Shu Uemura Mode Make-UP Collection Since 1968 The Shu Uemura Artist Team
YEAR The Annual Picture History 1954 Edition Year Incorporated, Simon and Schuster, Inc. 1954
Striking Poses Richard Schickel. Steward, Tabori & Chang, Inc. NY 1987
The Image Makers 60 Years of Hollywood Glamour Text by Paul Trent, Designed by Richard Lawton, Bonanza Books 1982
Kabuki Today The Art and Tradition Photographs Shunji Ohkura, Introduction Donal Keene, Text Iwao Kamimura. Kodansha International 2001
Hollywood Glamor Portraits Edited by John Kobal. Dover Publications, Inc. 1976
Les Girls Daniel Frasnay. Greybull Press 2005
A Singular Elegance Photographs of Baron Adolf De Meyer Essay by Anne Ehrenkranz. Chronicle Books 1994
Grand Illusions Richard Lawton. McGraw-HIll Book Company 1973
Scavullo Women Francesco Scavullo. Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. 1982
Exquisite Creatures Edited By Jim Clyne. William Morrow and Company, Inc. 1985
Carnival in Rio Helmut Teissl, Editor Richard Koss. Abbeville Publishing Group 2000
Tazio Secchiaroli Greatest of the Paparazzi Diego Mormorio, Translated from Italian, by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren. Harry N Abrams, Inc. 1999
Vanity Fair Photographs if an Age 1914-1936 Edited by Diana Edkins Richardson. The Conde Nast Publications, Inc. 1982
Bernard of Hollywood The Ultimate Pin-up Book Photographs by Bruno Bernard, Photo Editorial and Text by Susan Bernard. Tashcen 2002
The Revealing Eye Personalities of the 1920’s Photographs by NIckolas Muray. Words by Paul Gallico. Atheneum 1967
Disco Beauty Nighttime Makeup by Sandy Linter Sandy Linter, Kathryn O’Grady, Richard Voehl. Simon and Schuster 1979
Blood and Glitter Mich Rock. Vision on Publishing 2001