Book Report: Zeitgeist and Glamour – Photography of the ’60s and
’70s  The thick, heavy pages of Zietgeist and Glamour consist
almost entirely of photos: some with one larger image and others
littered with smaller, less artistic shots. The front portion
offers a few words from the collector, Nicola Erni, and a short
essay on the era written by the curator, Petra Giloy-Hirtz
(which, if you’re interested, are also printed in German). As
Erni and Hirtz explain, the images published in the book show a
very specific slice of the sixties, focusing on glamour, wealth,
and art, and purposely leaving out important historical events
like the hippie movement and Vietnam War. The faces scattered
throughout this massive book are those of socialites and
filmmakers, models, and royalty—from Bardot to Warhol and
everyone in between. The photography documents the mingling of
classes and cliques that took place during the ’60s, when the
rich fueled the creative and vice versa. The word “zeitgeist”
can be defined as “the spirit