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Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic portraits
"Newman's preternaturally piercing baby blue eyes shine through in
every picture, and he was well aware of how his fame rested on the
colour of his irises." - Peter Sheridan, Daily Express Once, when
asked how he'd like to be remembered, Paul Newman replied: "I'd
like to be remembered as a guy who tried. Tried to be part of his
times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to
find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a
human being." As an actor who became a film star, Newman repeatedly
tapped into his times and in doing so redefined what movie stardom
could be. Newman was a new kind of movie star, bringing a
particular authenticity, intensity and sensitivity to his
performances. Throughout his career, Newman was extensively
photographed: these images enriched film audiences' connection to
him as a cool and graceful presence both on and off-screen. Milton
Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill, Al
Satterwhite and Eva Sereny are amongst the photographers who worked
with Newman on and off-set across his career. From early stage work
with his wife, Joanne Woodward, to his love of racing cars, to the
essential 1980s drama Absence of Malice to the great success of the
new western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the cult
favourites, Pocket Money and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,
Newman's movies were an essential part of American culture. With
comment and contributions from the photographers, Paul Newman:
Blue-Eyed Cool, gathers together portraits, stage, racing and
on-set photography - including never before seen images - in a
celebration of an actor who was always... cool.
"Newman's preternaturally piercing baby blue eyes shine through in
every picture, and he was well aware of how his fame rested on the
colour of his irises." - Peter Sheridan, Daily Express Once, when
asked how he'd like to be remembered, Paul Newman replied: "I'd
like to be remembered as a guy who tried. Tried to be part of his
times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to
find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a
human being." As an actor who became a film star, Newman repeatedly
tapped into his times and in doing so redefined what movie stardom
could be. Newman was a new kind of movie star, bringing a
particular authenticity, intensity and sensitivity to his
performances. Throughout his career, Newman was extensively
photographed: these images enriched film audiences' connection to
him as a cool and graceful presence both on and off-screen. Milton
Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill, Al
Satterwhite and Eva Sereny are amongst the photographers who worked
with Newman on and off-set across his career. From early stage work
with his wife, Joanne Woodward, to his love of racing cars, to the
essential 1980s drama Absence of Malice to the great success of the
new western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the cult
favourites, Pocket Money and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,
Newman's movies were an essential part of American culture. With
comment and contributions from the photographers, Paul Newman:
Blue-Eyed Cool, gathers together portraits, stage, racing and
on-set photography - including never before seen images - in a
celebration of an actor who was always... cool.
"Newman's preternaturally piercing baby blue eyes shine through in
every picture, and he was well aware of how his fame rested on the
colour of his irises." - Peter Sheridan, Daily Express Once, when
asked how he'd like to be remembered, Paul Newman replied: "I'd
like to be remembered as a guy who tried. Tried to be part of his
times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to
find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a
human being." As an actor who became a film star, Newman repeatedly
tapped into his times and in doing so redefined what movie stardom
could be. Newman was a new kind of movie star, bringing a
particular authenticity, intensity and sensitivity to his
performances. Throughout his career, Newman was extensively
photographed: these images enriched film audiences' connection to
him as a cool and graceful presence both on and off-screen. Milton
Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill, Al
Satterwhite and Eva Sereny are amongst the photographers who worked
with Newman on and off-set across his career. From early stage work
with his wife, Joanne Woodward, to his love of racing cars, to the
essential 1980s drama Absence of Malice to the great success of the
new western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the cult
favourites, Pocket Money and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,
Newman's movies were an essential part of American culture. With
comment and contributions from the photographers, Paul Newman:
Blue-Eyed Cool, gathers together portraits, stage, racing and
on-set photography - including never before seen images - in a
celebration of an actor who was always... cool.
"The richness of David Drebin’s distinctive oeuvre defines him as
a master in his area." — CelebMix In Before They Were
Famous, multidisciplinary artist David Drebin gathers his best
shots of world-famous celebrities, before they hit the big time —
whether Charlize Theron before her Oscar win or Steve Jobs before
the first iPod. Limited to 1,200 copies, the book is a delightful
and fascinating collection of pre-digital era Polaroids, contact
sheets, and many of Drebin’s most famous images before they were
sold out — Central Park, Girl in the Red Dress, or I love you
with Girl. We see famous faces every day: campaign shoots,
proÂmotional pictures, and paparazzi photos plaster the pages of
print and digital media. But how did these well known
personalities present in front of the camera before they made it
big, becoming the highly Ârecognised celebrities of today? In
Before They Were Famous, David Drebin has rummaged through his
archive to curate some of his best pictures of today’s most
familiar faces. Whether Charlize Theron before her Oscar win, John
Legend before he stormed the charts, or Steve Jobs just before the
introduction of the legendary first iPod, David Drebin
photoÂgraphed them all on their path to fame. With this
captivating line up, the New York City based mulÂtidisciplinary
artist not only offers an intimate and original look at now worldÂ
famous celebrities, but also shares his own career beginnings
presenting images before they were sold out. These limited edition
photographs were all created before Drebin, too, became famous,
providing a unique and rare document of his own creative journey.
Alongside the portraits, the book also shows original works, from
femmes fatales to landscapes, which would come to define his
practice and are today sold as limited edition photographs in the
finest galleries worldwide. Text in English and German.
Fragments of a Jigsaw: Portraits of Artists and Writers of Wales is
an unprecedented collection of photos by Bernard Mitchell who has
compiled a gallery of notable characters within the Arts community
in Wales. Fragments of a Jigsaw: Portraits of Artists and Writers
of Wales is based on the on-going Welsh Arts Archive project. The
project began in 1966 with a series of portraits of the Swansea
friends of Dylan Thomas, including the artists Ceri Richards and
Alfred Janes, the poet Vernon Watkins and the composer Daniel
Jones. The collection kept growing: since 1990, Bernard Mitchell
has added many artists who have since passed away, including, Will
Roberts, Josef Herman, John Petts, Ivor Roberts Jones, John Elwyn,
David Tinker and Ernest Zobole. The work continues with the artists
working today. In 1999, a large exhibition of photographs of
artists was held at the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
Photographs are also held in the collections of the National
Portrait Gallery, London, The National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and
the Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea. This is a unique collection of
photo-portraits from the Welsh arts scene.For more information on
the Welsh Arts Archive project, visit bernardmitchell.
co.uk/welsharts-archive/.
The Congo Basin in Central Africa harbors approximately one quarter
of the world's rainforest. In the heart of this forest is
Odzala-Kokoua National Park, an ecological wonderland that is home
to untold numbers of rare gorillas, forest elephants, and birds. It
is also home to people who have lives vastly different from much of
the rest of the world. In this stunning photographic series, Pieter
Henket presents images of the children of Odzala- Kokoua telling
the oral history of the Congo in enchanting and creative ways. Shot
over the course of a month, Henket documented the children of this
remote region as they designed, planned, created costumes for, and
acted out a series of myths- about their tribes, their landscape,
and the animals and plants that they live among. Their stories will
educate others unfamiliar with a way of life that is so completely
in harmony with nature. Filled with vibrant images that highlight
the area's magnificent flora and fauna, this photographic project,
which was three years in the planning and execution, offers an
exciting opportunity to learn about nature and the environment and
it delivers an optimistic message about trust, cooperation, and
conservation for the next generation of policy makers.
Eric Mindling has been travelling the back roads of Oaxaca, Mexico,
for over two decades. Oaxaca Stories in Cloth shows not only his
love, but his respect for that dramatic geography and the people
who have made it their home. More than 100 sensitive, intimate,
full-colour portraits of traditional people offer rare glimpses of
Oaxacan village life. The companion vignettes are a beautiful blend
of villagers' personal stories and Mindling's praise song to the
vanishing cultural traditions of Mexico. You will hear the voices
of El Mago, the Magician, whose tales conjure an ancient world
where women, cloth, and land were one, and La Coronela, once a
high-ranking colonel in the army, who now explains the evolution of
Zapotec fashion. You will meet Viviana the candle maker, Juana the
young embroiderer, Marina the palm weaver, and dozens more who all
come to life in remarkable photographs. Mindling's images capture
the details of specific moments in everyday Oaxaca life today while
conveying the history and enduring story of generations. The book
is arranged in two sections: Living Threads records those villages
where the community fashion of generations will die with the
remaining elders. Each section is a beautiful and significant
account. 'A wonderful story documenting the textile traditions of
the people of Oaxaca. Fantastic photos.' www.yarnsandfabrics.co.uk
In the spring of 2017, Carla van de Puttelaar developed a new and
timely series devoted to prominent and promising women in the art
world, Artfully Dressed: Women in the Art World. While working on
this ongoing project, Van de Puttelaar became even more impressed
by the personalities and achievements of these women. United in
their brilliance and strength, they represent a wide range of
backgrounds, nationalities, careers, age and expertise. The women
are dressed in amazing quality clothes by top designers, in period
costumes or vintage clothes, or wrapped in stunning and luxurious
fabrics. To date, over 400 women worldwide have participated in Van
de Puttelaar's project,and the series continues to grow and has
become an important document of the present time of women in the
art world.
In Bloodflowers W. Ian Bourland examines the photography of Rotimi
Fani-Kayode (1955-1989), whose art is a touchstone for cultural
debates surrounding questions of gender and queerness, race and
diaspora, aesthetics and politics, and the enduring legacy of
slavery and colonialism. Born in Nigeria, Fani-Kayode moved between
artistic and cultural worlds in Washington, DC, New York, and
London, where he produced the bulk of his provocative and often
surrealist and homoerotic photographs of black men. Bourland
situates Fani-Kayode's work in a time of global transition and
traces how it exemplified and responded to profound social,
cultural, and political change. In addition to his formal analyses
of Fani-Kayode's portraiture, Bourland outlines the important
influence that surrealism, neo-Romanticism, Yoruban religion, the
AIDS crisis, experimental film, loft culture, and house and punk
music had on Fani-Kayode's work. In so doing, Bourland offers new
perspectives on a pivotal artist whose brief career continues to
resonate with deep aesthetic and social meaning.
In Doctored, Tanya Sheehan takes a new look at the relationship
between photography and medicine in American culture from the
nineteenth century to the present. Sheehan focuses on Civil War and
postbellum Philadelphia, exploring the ways in which medical models
and metaphors helped strengthen the professional legitimacy of the
city's commercial photographic community at a time when it was not
well established. By reading the trade literature and material
practices of portrait photography and medicine in relation to one
another, she shows how their interaction defined the space of the
urban portrait studio as well as the physical and social effects of
studio operations. Integrating the methods of social art history,
science studies, and media studies, Doctored reveals important
connections between the professionalization of American
photographers and the construction of photography's cultural
identity.
There was a time in America when two men pictured with their arms
wrapped around each other, or perhaps holding hands, weren't
necessarily seen as sexually involved - a time when such gestures
could be seen simply as those of intimate friendship rather than
homoeroticism. Such is the time John Ibson evokes in "Picturing
Men", a striking visual record of changes in attitudes about
relationships between gentlemen, soldiers, cowboys, students,
lumberjacks, sailors, and practical jokers. Spanning from 1850 to
1950, the 142 everyday photographs that richly illustrate
"Picturing Men" radiate playfulness, humor, and warmth. They
portray a lost world for American men: a time when their
relationships with each other were more intimate than they commonly
are today, regardless of sexual orientation. "Picturing Men"
starkly contrasts the calm affection displayed in earlier
photographs with the absence of intimacy in photos from the
mid-1950s on. In doing so, this lively, accessible book makes a
significant contribution to American history and cultural studies,
gender studies, and the history of photography.
"Newman's preternaturally piercing baby blue eyes shine through in
every picture, and he was well aware of how his fame rested on the
colour of his irises." - Peter Sheridan, Daily Express Once, when
asked how he'd like to be remembered, Paul Newman replied: "I'd
like to be remembered as a guy who tried. Tried to be part of his
times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to
find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a
human being." As an actor who became a film star, Newman repeatedly
tapped into his times and in doing so redefined what movie stardom
could be. Newman was a new kind of movie star, bringing a
particular authenticity, intensity and sensitivity to his
performances. Throughout his career, Newman was extensively
photographed: these images enriched film audiences' connection to
him as a cool and graceful presence both on and off-screen. Milton
Greene, Douglas Kirkland, Lawrence Fried, Terry O'Neill, Al
Satterwhite and Eva Sereny are amongst the photographers who worked
with Newman on and off-set across his career. From early stage work
with his wife, Joanne Woodward, to his love of racing cars, to the
essential 1980s drama Absence of Malice to the great success of the
new western Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and the cult
favourites, Pocket Money and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean,
Newman's movies were an essential part of American culture. With
comment and contributions from the photographers, Paul Newman:
Blue-Eyed Cool, gathers together portraits, stage, racing and
on-set photography - including never before seen images - in a
celebration of an actor who was always... cool.
Text in English, French & German. "For it is only she who will
satisfy me with an issuing forth of bodily fluids. And as her pee
begins to spew from her engorged cunt, her laugher breaks the
palpable tension. To her this is also fun." -- Jackie McMillan
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