Jonathan Becker

Lost Time

Jonathan Becker, Mark Holborn

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Phaidon Press Ltd
10 October 2024

Individual photographers

Over the course of five decades, Jonathan Becker has produced a body of evocative photographic work that documents lives of the twentieth-century beau monde.

A protege of legendary Parisian photographer Brassai and a longtime contributor to Vanity Fair, Becker's work provides a link between fine-art photography and the notion of the photographer as social observer.

Bringing together commissioned and personal work, this stunning collection presents more than 200 images from across Becker's career, charting his journeys in New York, Paris, London, and Buenos Aires from the 1970s to the 2010s. Portraits of artists Ed Ruscha and Cindy Sherman, writers Arthur Miller and Eudora Welty, musicians David Bowie and Mick Jagger, and others reveal Becker's exceptional eye and astute psychological observations.

The monograph includes an introductory text by the book's editor, Mark Holborn, along with a narrative text by Becker about his life, travels, and encounters with some of the most well-known figures in the twentieth century.

Brilliantly reproduced and housed in a cloth case, this luxurious collection is a captivating and essential book that reveals Becker as one of the premier chroniclers of our time.

Includes Becker's portraits of figures such as:

Peter Beard, HRH King Charles III, Fran Lebowitz, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arthur Miller, Jackie O., Gwyneth Paltrow, Cindy Sherman, Andre Leon Talley, Francois Truffaut, Gloria Vanderbilt, Gore Vidal, Diana Vreeland, Andy Warhol, and many more.

By: Jonathan Becker
Edited by: Mark Holborn
Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 290mm, Width: 250mm, Spine: 35mm
ISBN: 9781838668716
ISBN 10: 1838668713
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 10 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Becker began his professional career as a portrait photographer for Interview and Town & Country, and in 1990 he became a contributing photographer at Vanity Fair. He is the author of several books, including 30 Years at Vanity Fair, Bright Young Things: New York & London, and Studios by the Sea. Mark Holborn is an editor and book designer who has worked internationally with such diverse artists as Lucian Freud, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Issey Miyake, James Turrell, and William Eggleston. He has edited several Phaidon books, including Sun and Moon, Lucian Freud, and Steven Klein.

Reviews for Jonathan Becker: Lost Time

‘Presents a glittering jet set but serves, too, as a moving meditation on the passage of time.’ - Vanity Fair ‘Most photography of such rarified worlds is from the outside looking in. Jonathan Becker is inside looking around.’ – Robert Storr, artist, critic, and curator ‘From garden strolls with Brassaï to nights out with Andy Warhol … [Becker] documents intimate moments with the 20th century’s high society.’ – Air Mail