Fashion: Mark Power

FASHION [fash-uhn] v., transitive. (a) To make or construct (something) out of constituent parts; to put together. (b) To form, mould, or shape (something or someone); to make or create (something) by a process of shaping or moulding. (c) To give (something) a shape or form appropriate to or suitable for something; to adjust or adapt to a purpose, a situation, an outcome, etc. (Oxford English Dictionary).

In 1997, on a commission to photograph a public building being made, Magnum photographer Mark Power was given access to the construction site of the Millennium Dome, in east London. From there he went on to take pictures during other various commissions around the world, creating images at various construction sites, factories, quarries, shipyards, steelmills, recycling facilities, theatres, etc. In the photographer's own words, FASHION is a collection of photographs of things being made.

The photographs were made from 1997 until the present day in Brazil, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emerites, United Kingdom and United States.

Author: Mark Power
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Gost Books
Published: 03/31/2026
Pages: 520
Weight: 5.86lbs
ISBN: 9781805980001