中文简介：

神秘与礼仪，浪漫与乐趣——时尚摄影师罗德尼·史密斯（Rodney Smith，1947-2016）非凡照片中的精致构图和时尚人物存在于他想象的永恒世界中。史密斯出生于纽约市，最初是一名摄影评论家，后来转向肖像摄影，在时尚摄影领域找到了自己的定位，并取得了很大的成功。受W.尤金·史密斯的启发，沃克·埃文斯的教导，以及对安塞尔·亚当斯技术的执着，史密斯受到技术精湛和纯粹美的双重理想所驱动。

本书收录了近两百张史密斯的照片，其中许多是以前从未出版过的，包括盖蒂博物馆馆长保罗·马蒂诺的一篇生物评论文章和创意摄影中心首席策展人丽贝卡·A·森夫对史密斯作品的技术评估。本书描绘了史密斯的创作轨迹，包括他对摄影的介绍、早期的个人项目、教学、委托作品以及在时尚界的职业生涯，并对他的个人生活和性格进行了深入了解，将他的工作和创作倾向与他优越但孤独的成长经历，以及复杂的情感和心理构成联系起来。本书记录了一位真正的原创艺术家一生的作品和世界观。

英文简介：

Mystery and manners, romance and fun―the sophisticated compositions and stylish characters in the extraordinary pictures of fashion photographer Rodney Smith (1947–2016) exist in a timeless world of his imagination. Born in New York City, Smith started out as a photo-essayist, turned to portrait photography, and found his niche, and greatest success, in fashion photography. Inspired by W. Eugene Smith, taught by Walker Evans, and devoted to the techniques of Ansel Adams, Smith was driven by the dual ideals of technical mastery and pure beauty.

This lavish volume features nearly two hundred reproductions of Smith's images―many that have never before been published―and weaves together a biocritical essay by Getty Museum curator Paul Martineau and a technical assessment of Smith's production by the Center for Creative Photography's chief curator, Rebecca A. Senf. It maps Smith's creative trajectory―including his introduction to photography, early personal projects, teaching, commissioned pieces, and career in fashion―and provides insight into his personal life and character, contextualizing his work and creative tendencies within his privileged but lonely upbringing and complex emotional and psychological makeup. Rodney Smith is the definitive record of the life's work and worldview of a truly original artist.