Inside Life.

Gorman, Greg.

ISBN 10: 0847819981 / ISBN 13: 9780847819980

Published by New York Rizzoli International Publications 1997, 1997

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4°, 371, (1) S., 6 einseitig bedruckte Pergamentblätter mit über 300 s/w Fototafeln, Orig.-Leinen mit Orig.-Umschlag. Erste Augabe. - Einige hintere Seiten oben rechts leicht gestaucht. Gutes Exemplar. - PLEASE NOTE: Additional shipping costs to destinations outside of the EU are required for this item beyond our standard rates due to its weight and value - we will inform you of the applicable amount at time of purchase.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Inside Life.
• Publisher: New York Rizzoli International Publications 1997
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847819981
• ISBN 13: 9780847819980
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fotografie

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Synopsis

Very Good Hardcover New York, New York, U.S.A.: Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1997. First edition, 1997, with personalized inscription signed by the author/photographer on the half-title. Brown cloth with dustjacket. Near fine with firm binding, clean pages, no other names or markings, dustjacket very good with light shelf rubbing, tiny chip to foot of spine, in mylar protector.. Inscribed by The Author/Photographer. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Oblong 4to.

Reviews

Exemplifying the blurring of lines between photojournalism, advertising, and art, these four collections of celebrity portraiture are less a record of high aesthetic achievement and more time capsules of the last decade's pop-culture infatuations. Observed side-by-side, the books highlight the photographers' individual styles and their strengths and weaknesses. Ritts's ability to capture his famous sitters' personalities at the height of expression reveal a self-consciousness in Corbijn's brooding, grainy portraits. But Ritts's Westonesque attempts at freezing the body as sculpture can seem pretentious next to LaChapelle's giddy, campy celebrations. Harkening back to the Hollywood photography of George Hurrell, Gorman's works stand apart for their simple elegance. The Gorman, LaChapelle, and Ritts books are all oversized and lavishly produced?perhaps a drawback, as the box LaChapelle is shipped in will be immediately discarded and the many fold-outs in Ritts will undoubtedly tear. Ultimately, these volumes will be of most interest to fans of the sitters. Art libraries should have the Ritts book?the official catalog of a controversial Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, retrospective?and the LaChapelle, whose vividly colorful works express the most individual style, if not depth. Public libraries that already have Ritts's last collection (Notorious, Bulfinch, 1992) can pass over this familiar work in favor of Gorman's genial portraits of today's stars.?Eric Bryant, "Library Journal"
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