INFLUENTIAL VISION

It is a feast for the eyes, an encyclopedia of stimuli, designed to provoke in the best of ways. Th(e) Influencer, debuting this fall is a limited-edition biannual compendium of images - 2,000 per volume - aimed at the people who design and define: creative directors, marketing gurus, the fashionistas who troll and patrol looking for ideas and images that sell. With only a few hundred copies published, at a price of $7,500 per issue, it was the feel of a bespoke tome. Curated and edited by Marc Balet, former creative director of Interview magazine, and Beatrice Dupire, founder of the International Festival of Fashion Photography, the book is described by Balet as "a bank filled with visual currency." Divided into two sections (Observatory and Compass), filled with keywords that function like sparks firing the imagination (Venom, Malefic Nature, the Catholic Code), and showcasing the work of artists ranging from Marc Quinn and Collier Schorr to Robert Frank and Andy Warhol, the book is an inspiring, densely layered, graceful articulation of the intersection of art, fashion, and commerce. Giving a view of the world that is at once personal, political, and ever expanding, Th(e) Influencer is a creators' kaleidoscope of dreams and possibilities.

- A.M. Homes