Beginning in the 1970s, Farber established himself as a leading fashion photographer, working with many of the era’s most celebrated supermodels and creating imagery for Vogue, GQ, Esquire, Viva Magazine, Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue,

and other major fashion clients.

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His client list included Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Revlon, Pond’s, Caress, Monet Jewelry, ABC, 20th Century Fox, Wrangler Jeans, and Paco Rabanne.

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He also published two influential books from that period, Professional Fashion Photography (1978, revised 1983) and The Fashion Photographer (1980, revised 1984).