O Rio de Janeiro by Bruce Weber (1986)

"O Rio De Janiero” (1986) was a highly influential book set in the famous Brazilian city and its environs.
Its release was accompanied by an exhibition at Robert Miller Gallery which traveled throughout the United States.
As described in the Vince Aletti’s “100 Books,” O Rio “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 L’Uomo 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.”

Published by: Alfred A. Knopf

date of publication: 1986

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Paperback, soft cover 28cm x 37cm
200 pages

Bought in Japan.
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