Miles Aldridge definitely does something more than shooting beautiful pictures. His work has various layers, which gives viewers who know their art history an added pleasure. See the photos from the ‘shopping series’ with its cheerful colour cacophony of pop art, or the Madonna’s inspired by Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini’s statue, The Ecstasy of Saint Theresa.
Admirers of ‘still lifes’ will also be amazed. Miles Aldridge charmingly contradicts the prejudicial idea that the world of luxury and fashion is only superficial.
The introduction to this book is written by Glenn O’Brien and David Lynch.