Women Icons by Oscar

"I never told them how to pose. I just waited for who they really were to show up."
- Oscar Abolafia

Following his highly successful first book, Icons by Oscar (2016), Oscar Abolafia's latest edition features the countless iconic women who posed for the camera during his career as a glamour photographer from the 1960s onwards. Stars such as Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy, Cher, Madonna and many others lead us through their glittering world of glamour. In doing so they reveal glimpses of their true selves, either wittingly or unwittingly the inevitable result of having your photo taken by one of the best photographers of the second half of the 20th century. Female beauty, but not without depth; glitter and glamour, but not without substance. We have sifted through Abolafia's staggeringly rich archive of thousands of photos to select the finest gems specially for this edition.