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Dean Freeman

FunkyTown

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Text by Simon Kelner. Photographs from Dean Freeman's wide-ranging archive.


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FunkyTown brings together, for the first time in book form, all Dean Freeman’s fashion, costume, celebrity and reportage shots collected over about thirty years: he initially focused his lens on...

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  • ISBN: 9788889431894
  • Language: English / Italian
  • Pages: 200
  • Illustrations: 180
  • Binding: Hardbound
  • Release: Fall 2007
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FunkyTown brings together, for the first time in book form, all Dean Freeman’s fashion, costume, celebrity and reportage shots collected over about thirty years: he initially focused his lens on London youth culture in the 80’s and subsequently captured an extraordinary world rich in people and situations in the most disparate parts of the globe. Having achieved fame with his successful book about David Beckham (more than a million copies sold), Dean Freeman momentarily abandons the well known star system and dips generously into his immense and still partly unseen photographic archives. The special nature of this album lies in the contrast produced by the unusual propinquity of subjects belonging to very different contexts. So on the same page we see a Vietnamese refugee and a carefree Hollywood teenager; the perfect bodies of pop singers and the realer ones of the many-coloured “suburban” fans who try to imitate them. So everything blends into a journey where the myth of western well-being is obscured by decidedly dramatic realities such as for example the misery and exploitation of child workers. From North America to Nepal, following an order that is only apparently random, he mixes everything into a simultaneous flow of images which is our own contemporaneousness. Born in London in 1963, Dean Freeman has had a great influence on contemporary visual culture, becoming an icon maker of models, writers and showbiz personalities. FunkyTown is introduced by Simon Kelner, editor in chief of the British newspaper The Independent.

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In the event of a dispute, reference will be made to the competent court.

  • Description

    FunkyTown brings together, for the first time in book form, all Dean Freeman’s fashion, costume, celebrity and reportage shots collected over about thirty years: he initially focused his lens on London youth culture in the 80’s and subsequently captured an extraordinary world rich in people and situations in the most disparate parts of the globe. Having achieved fame with his successful book about David Beckham (more than a million copies sold), Dean Freeman momentarily abandons the well known star system and dips generously into his immense and still partly unseen photographic archives. The special nature of this album lies in the contrast produced by the unusual propinquity of subjects belonging to very different contexts. So on the same page we see a Vietnamese refugee and a carefree Hollywood teenager; the perfect bodies of pop singers and the realer ones of the many-coloured “suburban” fans who try to imitate them. So everything blends into a journey where the myth of western well-being is obscured by decidedly dramatic realities such as for example the misery and exploitation of child workers. From North America to Nepal, following an order that is only apparently random, he mixes everything into a simultaneous flow of images which is our own contemporaneousness. Born in London in 1963, Dean Freeman has had a great influence on contemporary visual culture, becoming an icon maker of models, writers and showbiz personalities. FunkyTown is introduced by Simon Kelner, editor in chief of the British newspaper The Independent.


  • Shipping

    Shipments are made worldwide by express courier.

    Delivery is expected within 7 working days after registration of payment.

    Shipping costs vary depending on the weight of the shipment and the country of destination, and are calculated automatically when the order is placed.


  • Return and refund

    Pursuant to Article 5 of Legislative Decree No. 185 of 22 May 1999, if the customer is a consumer (i.e. a natural person who purchases goods for purposes not related to his or her professional activity, or who makes a purchase by omitting a VAT number from the order form), he or she has the right to withdraw from the purchase contract for any reason whatsoever, without the need to provide explanations and without any penalty, within 14 working days from the day of receipt of the goods.

    The right of withdrawal shall be exercised by sending, within the aforementioned term, a written notice to the geographical address of the supplier's registered office by means of a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The communication may also be sent, again within the same deadline, by means of a PEC or facsimile.
    The consumer shall enclose with the communication all the references of the order (order date, order number, precise references identifying the party concerned, company or private individual.
    The goods you wish to return must be undamaged and in their original packaging.

    The consumer must also supplement the communication with his or her complete bank details in order to obtain reimbursement of the sums paid (current account number, ABI and CAB, CIN code; for foreign countries, the BIC and IBAN codes), which will be carried out as quickly as possible and in any case within fourteen days of the date on which the supplier became aware of the consumer's exercise of the right of withdrawal. As the only charge for exercising the right of withdrawal, the consumer shall bear the direct cost of returning the goods. In the case of payment by credit card, the sums shall be returned net of bank commission charges (2.5%).

    In the event of a dispute, reference will be made to the competent court.