AUTHOR: PETER MÜLLER and DANIÈLE CARBONEL
PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER 2004
ISBN: 2843235839
U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95
HARDCOVER; 6 " x 8 1/4"
80 PAGES, 60 COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS

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ASSOULINE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE COSTUMES OF LIGHT
USA - Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house behind culturally enriching titles such as Fabienne Rousso-Lenoir's America Latina, Berenice Geoffroy-Schneiter's Ethnic Style, and Pauline Van Lynden's Rajasthan, will add a new edition to it's mémoire collection this Fall Costumes of Light by Peter Müller and Danièle Carbonel. The evolution of “costumes and light”, the elaborate costume worn by the bullfighters of Spain, is told in this luminous mémoire. The greatest stars of the Corrida-the Spanish bullfighting arena-are brought together, resplendent in their elaborately embroidered suits, in a series of stunning portraits. The matadors dressed in gold and the banderilleros wearing silver reenact the dramatic poses and intricate choreography of their profession, thus displaying the most artistic and appealing aspects of the bullfight: the costume and the gesture. By photographing the “costumes of light”, Peter Müller reveals the magnificent creations of the Fermin workshop- couturier to the bullfighters of Madrid. For Serial Rights information, please contact Workhouse Publicity, CEO Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com. Press requests please contact Ryan Urcia at urcia@workhousepr.com.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
PETER MÜLLER was born in Peru and studied art and architecture at the University of Zurich. After a long career as a photographer in Spain, where he worked on major advertising campaigns and for various magazines, he turned to documenting the life, art and crafts of southern Spain.

DANIÈLE CARBONEL, Franco-Spanish by origin and a lover of all things Spanish by training and taste, has been an assistant professor at the University of Nice, where she teaches the semiotics of tourism.

MANDATORY CREDIT LINE:
from Costumes of Light by Peter Müller and Danièle Carbonel (Assouline, October, $18.95). Available at the Assouline Boutique at Bergdorf Goodman (888. 879. 1936) and fine bookstores everywhere. For more information visit www.assouline.com.

IMAGES
High-resolution scans to your specification are available upon request. Press contact Workhouse Publicity, Ryan Urcia directly at 212. 645. 8006 or email urcia@workhousepr.com. All rights reserved. All images and/or text are strictly for review purposes only. No part of this material may be reproduced in any manner or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic or mechanical (including photocopy, recording and internet posting, display or retrieval) without the prior written permission of the publisher. Once copyright approval has been granted, them mandatory credit line must be used published with all usage rights or each count of infringement is punishable by law. No use of images without prior consent from the publisher. For high resolution images click on each image to download directly to your computer for review purposes only. To request permission for image use, fax or email your request to Ryan Urcia at 212. 645. 1950 or email urcia@workhousepr.com.

NOTE: No more than two images plus cover of the book may be used, at no larger than 1/4 of a page. All rights reserved. All images and/or text are strictly for review purposes only. No part of this material may be reproduced in any manner or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic or mechanical (including photocopy, recording and internet posting, display or retrieval) without the prior written permission of Workhouse Publicity. Once approval to publish the images have been granted, the mandatory credit line must be used published with all usage rights or each count of infringement is punishable by law.

	Page 51 César Rincón's suit after a bullfight in Seville. “Pineapple” motif. © Photo Peter Müller
	Page 63 White and gold “capote de paseo,” embroidered in silk, representing the “Virgin of the forsaken.” From the collection of Rafael Gonzáles. © Photo Peter Müller
	Page 67 Luis Francisco Espla. Midnight-blue suit, embroidered with jet. Late seventeenth-century design. © Photo Peter Müller

RETAIL
Available at the Assouline Boutique at Bergdorf Goodman (888. 879. 1936) and fine bookstores everywhere. For more information visit www.assouline.com.