Mario Casilli

by Tony Nourmand (Editor), Peter Doggett (Contribution by), June Marsh (Contribution by), Mario Casilli (Photographer), Joan Collins (Foreword by)

Overview

Mario Casilli’s photographs defined the fabulous and outrageous entertainment industry in the 1980s. His larger than life portraits, featuring his trademark backlighting and bright color palette, captured everyone from Joan Collins in blinding jewels, Dolly Parton in perfectly coiffed grandeur and the Bee Gees in sleeveless leather to full cast shots of iconic television shows like Dynasty, Dallas, Knight Rider and Miami Vice. Casilli was a magnificently talented photographer who captured this exciting, fun and over-the-top decade like no other.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781909526051
Publisher:	Reel Art Pr Ltd
Publication date:	11/21/2013
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 12.20(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Peter Doggett has been writing professionally for more than thirty years. Some of his many best-selling books include Are You Ready For The Country, There's A Riot Going On, You Never Give Me Your Money and The Man Who Sold The World.

Editorial Reviews

A beautifully made, unique visual document of the photographer's art.

Grazia, December 2, 2013 - Priya Elan

It's a tremendous body of work ... and it's never really been seen all together.

The Hollywood Reporter, February 6, 2014 - Alexa Girkout

A time capsule to the decade when big hair, polyester suits, shoulder pads, and blinding beading reigned supreme.

New York Magazine, November 19, 2013 - Julie Ma

We're not worthy.

Gay Times

This explosion of Eighties high camp and glamour features a collection of Casilli's finest work.

Huffington Post

Featured in TV Guide 2013 Holiday Gift catalog.

In the eighties, photographer Mario Casilli embraced soft-focus, high-gloss, backlit backdrops of every color to immortalize the biggest stars (and styles) of the time in all of their rhinestone-covered glory. Casilli, who started off his career shooting for Playboy in the late fifties, photographed 57 Playmates before shifting gears to work for TV Guide in the eighties. Over the course of his career, he snapped the casts of Miami Vice, Knight Rider, Baywatch, and The Golden Girls and took intense, incredible glamour shots of musicians like Barbra Streisand, the Bee Gees, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, and more. On Thursday, Casilli's first-ever book of portraits -- a time capsule to the decade when big hair, polyester suits, shoulder pads, and blinding beading reigned supreme -- will be published by Reel Art Press. Click through the slideshow for a first look at the famous eighties ladies Casilli photographed: Oprah Winfrey in a black-and-yellow sequined top, Barbra Streisand posing sans-pants next to a radiator, Linda Evans in an aerobics leotard, and more.

Review by Julie Ma, featured on The Cut website, Nov 19, 2013

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