Men before Ten A. M.

Houston, Pam & Veronique Vial

ISBN 10: 1885223196 / ISBN 13: 9781885223197

Published by Beyond Words, 1996

About this Item

Pictorial card covers with French flaps. Signed by both Houston and Vial to the title page. Fine condition. Photos of many famous men, taken in the morning, with short accompanying text. ; 10.8 X 9.9 X 0.5 inches; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 34303

Bibliographic Details

Title: Men before Ten A. M.

Publisher: Beyond Words

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition.

About this title

Synopsis:

Through a collection of essays and photographs, a celebration of men reveals a side of the elusive species that the world seldom sees, with photographic portraits of Keanu Reeves, Jack Nicholson, John Singleton, Tom Hayden, Arthur Miller, and others. 25,000 first printing. First serial, Life. Tour. IP.

Reviews:

French photographer Vial invited Houston, best-selling author of Cowboys Are My Weakness (1991), to write the text for a collection of photographs of men taken first thing in the morning, before they "put their masks on," because she sensed that Houston loved men as she did, that is "for all the ways they are not like women, instead of the ways they are." Her instincts were correct: she and Houston make a great pair. Serious about photographing men at their most honest and vulnerable moments, Vial would literally wake her subjects up, and her black-and-white pictures embody the muzzy warmth of morning as sleep still clings to these good-looking, intense, still-dreaming men who gaze at the camera wryly, a bit chagrined and amused as they loll about, shave, drink coffee, or simply stare, slowly getting reacquainted with the world. All are actors, film directors, musicians, or artists, including Peter Falk, Robert Altman, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Gary Oldman, Wim Wenders, and John Singleton. This is one classy, sexy, and oddly intimate book. Donna Seaman