Els van der Plas Editor

Daniele Tamagni is a freelance fashion and documentary photographer based in Milan. He received a prize in the Arts and Entertainment Stories category at the 2011 World Press Photo Contest and was the 2010 recipient of the ICP Infinity Award in applied fashion photography. Tamagni's work has been exhibited worldwide. His previous book, The Gentlemen of Bacongo, inspired the 2010 Spring/Summer collection of designer Paul Smith. The book also includes essays by established editors, journalists, and photographers, anthropologists, and scholars. List of Contributors: Els van der Plas, former director at Premsela, Netherlands Institute for Design and Fashion Suzy Menkes, fashion editor for the International Herald Tribune Okwui Enwezor, director of the Haus der Kunst in Munich Hudita Nura Mustafa, social anthropologist Veronique Marchand, sociologist Karie Breen, former director of international Marie Claire magazines Asand Sizani, fashion editor for Elle magazine Peter Popham, journalist at The Independent