A Portrait of Dorian Gray [SEP] named after
A Portrait of Dorian Gray
A Portrait of Dorian Gray (2005) is the fashion designer and photographer Karl Lagerfeld's rendition of Oscar Wilde's novel "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1891) in photography. Models Larry Scott and Eva Herzigová star as Mr. and Mrs. Dorian Gray.
The book shows photographic interpretations of parts of the novel's plot, and it also contain digitally aged portraits of both Scott and Herzigova, done by Pierre-François Letue.
Editions.
- "A Portrait of Dorian
Gray the only worthwhile life is dedicated to pleasure, because "what the gods give they quickly take away." After Wotton convinces Gray that youth and beauty will bring him everything he desires, Dorian wishes his portrait could age instead of him. He makes the wish openly in the presence of an Egyptian cat statue with supposed mystical powers to grant wishes.
Dorian visits a tavern, where he falls in love with a beautiful singer named Sibyl Vane (Angela Lansbury). He begins a romance with her, despite disapproval