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CHRONORAMA 

(Abrams £60, 432pp)

Described by Vogue's Anna Wintour as a 'tour of photographs — a history lesson in portraits', this beautiful photographic anthology from the Conde Nast magazine archives collates the prints acquired by the Pinault Collection for the Chronorama exhibition, currently on in Venice.

This beautiful photographic anthology from the Conde Nast magazine archives collates the prints acquired by the Pinault Collection for the Chronorama exhibition

This beautiful photographic anthology from the Conde Nast magazine archives collates the prints acquired by the Pinault Collection for the Chronorama exhibition

The collection covers seven decades of editors, photographers and subjects. The illustrious names include everyone from Edna Woolman Chase to Alexander Liberman, Cecil Beaton to Irving Penn, James Joyce to Twiggy.

With intimate portraits, iconic fashion moments and cultural commentary, your coffee table could not find a better accompaniment.

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