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Dolce & Gabbana’s New Fashion Book Celebrates the Power of Black and White Photography

In this lavish large-format tome, the Italian duo presents a range of striking images from advertising campaigns to iconic editorials

By Lucy Rees
Black and white photo of a model posing in a stylish outfit near stone steps and a wall in an open fashion book.
Nero the Color of Dolce & Gabbana. Photo: Courtesy of Rizzoli

For Italian fashion maestros Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, black is the most powerful and overwhelming color—a hue that encapsulates the sense of drama that the Dolce & Gabbana brand is known for. A new large format book published by Rizzoli, Nero: The Color of Dolce & Gabbana, celebrates the power of black by taking readers on a creative and artistic journey.

Since the 1950s, Dolce & Gabbana has had a profound connection with the southern Italian city of Sicily, and this book sheds light on that influence through an assortment of striking documentary imagery of everyday scenes and people. Juxtaposed throughout are famous campaigns and editorial shoots by some of most important fashion photographers, including Sergio Larrain, Ellen von Unwerth, Gian Paolo Barbieri, Helmut Newton, Peter Lindberg, and Paolo Roversi, to name a few.

Below, see some of the most powerful images enclosed within the books pages.

Book cover of "Nero" by Dolce & Gabbana featuring a black and white photo of a person on a luxurious sofa.
Dolce and Gabbana Nero book. Photo: Courtesy of Rizzoli
Black and white photo of a couple embracing, with several people sitting in the background against a stone wall.
Nero book Photo: Courtesy of Rizzoli
Fashion magazine open to a page with a model in a black outfit and sunglasses, and a vintage black and white photo.
Nero book. Photo: Courtesy of Rizzoli
Black and white photo of a person riding a horse on a country road with hills in the background, seen in an open book.
Nero book Photo: Courtesy of Rizzoli