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Hair Wars

Hair Wars Hardcover - 2007

by Yellen, David

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  • Hardcover
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New York : powerHouse Books, 2007. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Light edgewear to illustrated boards, else a clean, tight copy. After attending a first Hair Wars show at the Apollo Theatre in Harlem in 2004, photographer David Yellen and fashion writer Johanna Lenander decided to document, through portraits and interviews, the creative power of the most acclaimed Fantasy Hair stylists nationally. 'Hair Wars,' the first photography book to document this phenomenal art form, presents a series of 74 four-color photographs that were taken in several Hair Wars shows around the country between 2004 and 2006. 102 pages, 75 color plates. Record # 350091
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  • Title Hair Wars
  • Author Yellen, David
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 96
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher powerHouse Books, New York
  • Date 2007
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 350091
  • ISBN 9781576873991 / 1576873994
  • Weight 2.03 lbs (0.92 kg)
  • Dimensions 12.22 x 9.72 x 0.63 in (31.04 x 24.69 x 1.60 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Portrait photography, Hairdressing of African Americans
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007060148
  • Dewey Decimal Code 779.939

From the publisher

David Yellen was born in 1972 in Bayside, Queens. He graduated from SUNY Purchase in 1997. In 2004 he published Too Fast For Love: Heavy Metal Portraits (powerHouse Books, 2004). That same year he discovered Hair Wars at a spectacular event at the Apollo Theatre. Since then, he has traveled across the country to document the hairstylists and the styles that they create. Yellen’s photographs have appeared in publications like Time, Fortune, People, ESPN, and Best Life. He lives in New York with his wife and dog, Rocky the Bear.

Johanna Lenander is a New York–based design and fashion writer whose work has appeared in publications like i-D, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and New York magazine.

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About the author

David Yellen was born in 1972 in Bayside, Queens. He graduated from SUNY Purchase in 1997. He is the author of two powerHouse books, Too Fast For Love: Heavy Metal Portraits (2004) and Hair Wars (2007). He is known for his expressive and technically flawless use of light that draws out his subjects' most authentic selves, giving the viewer a sense of seeing straight into their souls. His images can be seen everywhere from billboards to covers of numerous magazines.