Richard Reinsdorf remembers standing in New York’s Rockefeller Center as a child and carefully framing the statue of Atlas in the viewfinder of his Kodak Instamatic. While his equipment has changed drastically since then, his fascination with architecture and the human form has not. Now based in Los Angeles, live models replace Atlas in Reinsdorf’s fashion photography, with the structures of Frank Gehry, Richard Neutra and other star architects providing dramatic environments.

The fashion industry is a product of the modern age. It consists of four levels: the production of raw materials, principally fibers and textiles but also leather and fur; the production of fashion goods by designers, manufacturers, contractors, and others; retail sales; and various forms of advertising and promotion.