
Publisher | High Museum of Art 2010 |
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Edition | Hardcover , 120 Pages |
Genres | Portrait photography |
Publisher's description
Traditional portraiture proceeds from the assumption that we can learn about a person by looking at their face. But crucial biographical truths are rarely visible on the surface. Robert Weingarten (born 1941) addresses this with The Portrait Unbound, in which his “portraits” of 21 eminent Americans–among them playwrights, musicians, scientists, architects and actors–show not physical appearances but the subjects’ memories and associations. Thus Stephen Sondheim is represented by musical staff paper and is superimposed on Seurat’s “La Grande Jatte,” and Colin Powell is figured in a somber composition based on the mausoleum-esque slabs of the Vietnam War Memorial. Other subjects include Hank Aaron, Edward Albee, Buzz Aldrin, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Chuck Close, Frank Gehry, Jane Goodall, Billy Graham, Dennis Hopper, Quincy Jones, Carl Lewis, Sandra Day O’Connor, Alice Waters and James Watson. Includes a bonus DVD.
Specifications
Book title | The Portrait Unbound |
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Subtitle | Photographs by Robert Weingarten |
Alternative title | The Portrait Unbound: Photographs by Robert Weingarten |
Photographer | Robert Weingarten |
ISBN 10 | 1932543333 / 1-932543-33-3 |
ISBN 13 | 9781932543339 / 978-1-932543-33-9 |
Publisher | High Museum of Art |
Publish date | Jun 2010 |
Publish year | 2010 |
Genre | Portrait photography |
Book format | Hardcover |
Pages | 120 Pages |
Dimensions | 22,75 x 31,75 cm / 9 x 12.5 inches |