Sam Taylor-Johnson: The Self and the Portrait

The definitive monograph on the photographer turned filmmaker, tracing the approach to portraiture that runs through everything she's made. From her earliest photographs to Fifty Shades of Grey, Taylor-Johnson has worked the line between still and moving images, using both to make bold, psychologically rich portraits and self-portraits.

Drawn from her archives, the book moves from the acrobatic early "floating" self-portraits to the stillness of her Crying Men series, alongside intimate images made on set and behind the scenes of her films. Curated with new writing by Taylor-Johnson herself, it's published alongside a new series of self-portraits and marks her return to photography. With contributions by Lynsey Addario and Tracey Emin.

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