|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Richard Ford introduces Author Photo, an almost wantonly satisfying collection of photographs by Ettlinger, who has made a genuine art form out of taking author's pictures. Ford describes Ettlinger as "tiny, exotic-seeming, dark-eyed," then muses over what exactly makes her author portraits so powerful. He concludes that it's a "confronting sensation of personal nearness," and, indeed, each beautifully composed portrait, whether it's theatrical or frank, is the fruit of an intimate collaboration between photographer and subject. Who has Ettlinger photographed? Alice Munro and Jennifer Egan. Raymond Carver and Ana Castillo. Russell Banks and ZZ Packer. Haruki Murakami and Thomas Mallon. Richard Rhodes and Erica Jong. Some writers are no longer with us, others are not readily recognized, but all are compelling. Donna Seaman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Such is the feeling that comes from gazing at the work of Marion Ettlinger, a photographer celebrated for her "literary portrait power" (The Wall Street Journal). Author Photo collects, for the first time in book form, more than two hundred of Ettlinger's most famous photographs. Immortalized in these pages are many of America's greatest writers, including Raymond Carver, Francine Prose, Walter Mosley, Mary Karr, John Irving, Joyce Carol Oates, Truman Capote, Cormac McCarthy, Patricia Highsmith, Ken Kesey, Edwidge Danticat, and Jeffrey Eugenides.
According to one of Ettlinger's Pulitzer Prize-winning subjects, "starkness and a sense of shadows" are at the core of her artistic allure. Shot exclusively in natural light and in black-and-white film, each of these images is an intimate artwork, putting the reader closer than ever before to the writers they revere and admire. A photographic paean to the literary spirit, Author Photo opens a rare and revealing window onto the timelessness of creativity.
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
|
After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. |
