AFGHAN STYLE - ROBERT SPANGLE

Afghan Style is a study of menswear in Afghanistan.

According to Robert Spangle, the Afghan man is “the most stylish on Earth”. In this quasi-encyclopedic work, at the crossroads of photo reportage and fashion, he analyses the style, silhouettes, colors, materials and accessories of Afghan men.

Produced over several years in two deployments, both before and after the Taliban came to power, it is a 276-pages printed in France by Escourbiac, at the crossroads of photography, reportage and fashion. The book is prefaced by Esquire Magazine’s renowned, editor-in-chief, Nick Sullivan.

Biographie de l’auteur : "Robert Spangle is a photographe and designer based in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Malibu and served in the United States Marine Corps from 2007 to 2011 with two deployments to Afghanistan. After his service, fascinated by men’s fashion, he became a bespoke tailor in London and then began working as a fashion photographer for GQ in UK and on fashions weeks all around the world. He launched his fashion brand Observer Collection in 2018 before returning to photojournalism in 2022, during which time he extensively documented the Ukrainian conflict.”

Original version - 80€

Spécial edition - 280€

ISBN — 978-2-909478-56-2

Access the page in French.
Access the page in Italian.

- Format 20,5 x 27 (French style)
- 276 pages printed in four-color offset on Gardapa Kiara 1.3 150g paper
- Swiss-style binding
- Hard cover in Cialux canvas
- Laminated image tray 18 x 23,8 cm
- Transparent cover
- Hard cover, sewn quires, sewn square spine
- 170g Milkshake colored blank endpapers
Danner (US)
Leica Camera (EU)

For the description of the special edition (alternative cover, with an object buy the author, a signed print, limited to 200 copies), see below.

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SPECIAL EDITION

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Original cover + dust jacket

The first edition, limited to 200 signed copies, features a different bol image from the original edition and is protected by a gum case.
Numbered edition

Each edition of the first print contains a signed and numbered artist’s print, to be chosen from three editions. The print is elegantly slipped into sleeve provided fo this purpose.
Purpose of the trip

Each of theses 200 editions includes an object belonging to the author. You can choose between an original page from his passport, a page from his travel diary or a slide from a photo taken in Afghanistan.