Supermodel Iman is obscured by an explosion of colorful fabric and slick-skinned glamazons pose on Togo beach in Hans Feurer’s tantalizing images. This fall, the Swiss-born photographer’s oeuvre is brought together for the first time in a new monograph published by Damiani: the eponymous tome features collaborations with Emmanuelle Alt, Grace Coddington and his one-time assistant Patrick Demarchelier. Inspired by a two-year road trip across Africa in the mid-60s, Feurer took to fashion photography and became a regular in Elle, Vogue and, later, i-D, while also creating era-defining campaigns for Kenzo. The self-proclaimed “observer” rarely retouches his images, and instead plays with texture, motion and shadow. “The figures in Feurer’s dreamlike images are feminine: strong women, natural beauties, women in war paint, women in motion, women without makeup, women without clothes, women in veils, women on horseback,” writes New York-based curator Gianni Jetzer in the foreword to the book. “Feurer describes himself as a feminist who has the utmost respect for female intelligence. He thinks that our planet would be in better hands, if it were run by women.”

Hans Feurer is published by Damiani this September. A selection of photographs will be exhibited at Colette from September 2 to October 5.