Car Girls Jacqueline Hassink Irma Boom Graphic Design Photography

Jacqueline Hassink: Car Girls Jacqueline Hassink, Tim Dant Published by Aperture June 2009, 2009 
ISBN 13: 9781597111065
It remains to be seen whether the practice of using female models to embody the corporate identities of international auto companies was in fact a final spasm of extravagance from an industry now in crisis. Thankfully, Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink's 'Car Girls' is a subversively fun, conceptually sharp and smartly designed document of the spectacle. A body of work that has taken more than five years to complete, 'Car Girls' captures seven car shows in cities on three different continents. Each site was chosen by Hassink to reflect different cultural values regarding ideal images of women and beauty. By highlighting the association between gender, sexuality, power and commodification, Hassink heightens the surreality of the show, revealing what she identifies as 'a moment of performance in which the women became more like a doll or a tool instead of an individual.' Earlier this year, a 1,500-copy limited edition of 'Car Girls' was published. This second, 'travel-sized' edition of Hassink's instant classic has been created to satisfy popular demand, and was, like the first edition, exquisitely designed by Irma Boom.Jacqueline Hassink, born in Enschede, the Netherlands in 1966, has published extensively, most recently 'The Power Book' (2007) and 'Domains of Influence' (2008). Her photographs are in the collections of the Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, among other institutions. She is represented by Cohen Amador Gallery, New York.

In this video interview, Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink presents her new book "Car Girls" (Aperture, 2009). Hassink explains how she began this project five years ago. Photographing major car shows in seven different cities on three continents, Hassink discusses how she captured moments of these womens performances and then how she mapped the project by dividing these car girls into different categories. Her project takes a subversively fun yet conceptually astute approach to issues of gender, power, and commodification. Hassink also speaks about the sexy and clever design of the book by award-winning Irma Boom and shares her memorable experience as she dresses up as a car girl in one of the auto shows.

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Jacqueline Hassink: the Table of Power (First Edition), Special Limited Edition (With Wooden Box). This first limited edition is signed in black ink on the rear paste-down endpaper by Hassink, stamp-numbered on the front cover, and housed in a custom-made wooden box. A small number of wooden boxes were made to accompany the first edition of the book. These were not for sale. In 1996, they were given as a special gift to the minister of foreign affairs who arranged a conference and gave this special boxed first edition of book to a select group of people. Very few boxed copies have been sold on the secondary book market. Soft cover. Sage green cloth-covered flexible boards with title stamped in gold on spine and copy (#0167/1000) stamped in black on a debossed gold panel on cover; no dust jacket as issued. Photographs and text by Jacqueline Hassink. Essays by Henri Peretz and Raoul Bunschoten. Designed by Melle Hammer, Plus X. 148 pp., with 21 four-color plates and additional black and white illustrations. 5-1/8 x 3-3/4 inches. Out of print.