O Rio De Janeiro: A Photographic Journal

First edition. Folio [37x28cm]. Soft covers. About fine. Unpaginated. 130 plates. With three fold-out pages. *** O Rio de Janeiro by Bruce Weber is a celebration of glamour and beauty set in the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro. As described by fashion photography supremo Vince Aletti, O Rio de Janeiro “brought all the elements of Weber’s commercial work together and was the first to incorporate the vivacious pastiche of original and borrowed material that had become the signature of his issue-filling spreads in Per Lui and Vogue. Weber turned his trademark fiction of youthful exuberance and sexy camaraderie into a fast-paced montage intercut with landscapes, still lifes, news photos, family snapshots, and drawings by Richard Giglio. An extended portrait of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu champion Rickson Gracie ground the book in a passage of documentary realness…but O Rio is most successful as a carefully planned act of seduction.”