Golden Opulence: 500 Years of Luxuriant Style

<p>Journalist and writer Laurence Benaïm is the author of highly regarded biographies on Yves Saint Laurent, Marie-Laure de Noailles and Jean-Michel Frank (Grasset, 2001, 2017, 2018), in addition to <em>La Sidération</em> (Stock, 2021) and <em>Paris, capitale de Guerlain</em> (Flammarion, 2021). She has written several books on fashion and style history for Assouline, including <em>Yves Saint Laurent: The Impossible Collection</em> (2020), <em>Orientalism Style</em> (2022), <em>Carita</em> (2022) and <em>Guerlain: An Imperial Icon</em> (2023).</p>
<p>Curious, eclectic, demanding, a dreamer and a self-taught man, Laziz Hamani is an exceptional photographer. Of Berber origin, he was born and lives in Paris. He is passionate about creating beautiful images, his life defined by a constant search for aesthetics and meaning. He has worked with many prestigious luxury brands, such as Dior, Cartier and Jaeger-LeCoultre, as well as with designer Axel Vervoordt, and he has collaborated with Assouline Publishing on more than twenty titles. From the finest details of high jewelry to the purity of minimalist design, Hamani aims to bring the viewer into dialogue with the image, to evoke power and beauty through his unique simplicity. He photographed the images for <em>Uzbekistan: The Road to Samarkand</em> and <em>Uzbekistan: Living Treasures</em>.</p>