Author: The Portraits of Beowulf Sheehan
Autor Beowulf Sheehan Cuvânt înainte de Salman Rushdieen Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 oct 2018
A
beautiful
and
moving
collection
of
photographs
by
Beowulf
Sheehan,
whose
work
captures
the
essence
of
200
of
our
most
prominent
writers,
historians,
journalists,
playwrights,
and
poets.
In
AUTHOR
Sheehan
presents
the
most
insightful,
intimate,
and
revealing
portraits
of
these
artists
made
in
his
studio,
in
their
homes,
in
shopping
malls
and
concert
halls,
on
rooftops
and
in
parking
lots,
on
the
beach
and
among
trees,
surrounded
by
flowers
and
in
clock
towers.
Following
an
enlightening
foreword
by
Salman
Rushdie,
Beowulf
Sheehan
shares
an
essay
offering
insights
in
the
poignant
and
memorable
moments
he
experienced
while
making
these
portraits.
A
treasure
gift
for
readers
and
lovers
of
portrait
photography,
AUTHOR
is
the
only
book
of
its
kind
to
appear
in
more
than
a
decade.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316515153
ISBN-10: 0316515159
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 200 x 264 x 32 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Editura: Running Press
Colecția Black Dog & Leventhal
ISBN-10: 0316515159
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 200 x 264 x 32 mm
Greutate: 1.23 kg
Editura: Running Press
Colecția Black Dog & Leventhal
Notă biografică
Beowulf
Sheehan's
childhood
love
of
stories
in
books
and
music
grew
into
an
adulthood
love
of
storytellers
in
the
arts,
entertainment,
and
humanities.
His
photographs
have
been
published
inElle,Esquire,Glamour,The
New
Yorker,
Newsweek,Time,Vanity
Fair,Vogue,
and
others.
He
lives
in
New
York
City.
Recenzii
"Beowulf
Sheehan
reveals
authors
pictured
in
that
twilight
place
between
how
we
see
ourselves
and
how
the
world
sees
us,
and
in
every
perfect
shot
he
takes
his
love
for
words
and
books
and
the
people
who
make
them
shows
through."—Neil
Gaiman
"Beowulf Sheehan is a photographer whose vision is psychologically and aesthetically astute."—Ian McEwan
"Sheehan has breathed new life into literary photography."—The Los Angeles Times, "Fall 2018 Book Preview"
"Photographer Beowulf Sheehan's subjects are a who's who of the contemporary literary world, including Donna Tartt, Salman Rushdie (who wrote the foreword), Margaret Atwood, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, Louise Erdrich and more. They may be in color or black & white, serious or playful, spontaneous or posed -- Sheehan's pictures capture the literary community in all its range and complexity."—Newsday, 'Best Books to Give'
"Beowulf Sheehan is a poet, working with light."—George Saunders
"Stunning. Beowulf Sheehan approaches his portraits with the soul of a poet, finding in his authors those flashes of desire and vulnerability and hurt and hope that drove them to write their books in the first place.Authoris an anthology of that humanity, its photographs united by their glimpses of the secret, inner lives that dwell in all of us-uncanny, surprising, both darker and brighter than we could have imagined."—Leslie Jamison
"In the literary community Beowulf Sheehan has earned a special place of distinction for his portraits of authors. Beyond their beautiful composition and haunting moods, his photos exhibit a keen insight into their subjects and testify to his intimate knowledge of writers and their works. He succeeds in capturing whole even the most elusive scribes."—Ron Chernow
"Beowulf is a visionary artist, and his work is beautiful and moving and revelatory. Like all great artists, he has the ability to see into and through his subject, and then to reveal the hidden strengths and vulnerabilities of those subjects in his portraiture. Each portrait will open a window for you to see in new ways, with new clarity, new perception."—Jesmyn Ward
"InAuthor, Beowulf Sheehan presents writers in repose, mercifully free of the preen and strut demanded by their literary profiles. Through the wit and wisdom of his artistry and his genius for capturing the one character most slippery to writers--themselves--he gives us intimate portraits that overwhelm the limits of their frames."—Gregory Pardlo
"Beowulf's work not only represents one of the freshest and most insightful photographic glimpses of 'Authors' in their truest moment, but the most diverse look at portraiture that I have seen in a long time--expressing each subject as a unique individual and each portrait as its own entity. A breakout work!"—Greg Gorman
"Authoris perfect for book lovers, photography buffs, and philanthropists."—Kirkus
"Beowulf Sheehan'sAuthoris a collection of 100 mesmerizing portraits, ranging from close studies (James McBride, Patti Smith) to arty cropped images (half of Jonathan Ames, Noam Chomsky with a backlit nose). Some are smiling (Louise Erdrich, Roddy Doyle), some look disapproving (Chad Harbach), some are laughing (Claudia Rankine). I look and look and feel that by studying these portraits I can better understand the work."—Star Tribune
"Beowulf Sheehan is a photographer whose vision is psychologically and aesthetically astute."—Ian McEwan
"Sheehan has breathed new life into literary photography."—The Los Angeles Times, "Fall 2018 Book Preview"
"Photographer Beowulf Sheehan's subjects are a who's who of the contemporary literary world, including Donna Tartt, Salman Rushdie (who wrote the foreword), Margaret Atwood, J.K. Rowling, Colson Whitehead, Louise Erdrich and more. They may be in color or black & white, serious or playful, spontaneous or posed -- Sheehan's pictures capture the literary community in all its range and complexity."—Newsday, 'Best Books to Give'
"Beowulf Sheehan is a poet, working with light."—George Saunders
"Stunning. Beowulf Sheehan approaches his portraits with the soul of a poet, finding in his authors those flashes of desire and vulnerability and hurt and hope that drove them to write their books in the first place.Authoris an anthology of that humanity, its photographs united by their glimpses of the secret, inner lives that dwell in all of us-uncanny, surprising, both darker and brighter than we could have imagined."—Leslie Jamison
"In the literary community Beowulf Sheehan has earned a special place of distinction for his portraits of authors. Beyond their beautiful composition and haunting moods, his photos exhibit a keen insight into their subjects and testify to his intimate knowledge of writers and their works. He succeeds in capturing whole even the most elusive scribes."—Ron Chernow
"Beowulf is a visionary artist, and his work is beautiful and moving and revelatory. Like all great artists, he has the ability to see into and through his subject, and then to reveal the hidden strengths and vulnerabilities of those subjects in his portraiture. Each portrait will open a window for you to see in new ways, with new clarity, new perception."—Jesmyn Ward
"InAuthor, Beowulf Sheehan presents writers in repose, mercifully free of the preen and strut demanded by their literary profiles. Through the wit and wisdom of his artistry and his genius for capturing the one character most slippery to writers--themselves--he gives us intimate portraits that overwhelm the limits of their frames."—Gregory Pardlo
"Beowulf's work not only represents one of the freshest and most insightful photographic glimpses of 'Authors' in their truest moment, but the most diverse look at portraiture that I have seen in a long time--expressing each subject as a unique individual and each portrait as its own entity. A breakout work!"—Greg Gorman
"Authoris perfect for book lovers, photography buffs, and philanthropists."—Kirkus
"Beowulf Sheehan'sAuthoris a collection of 100 mesmerizing portraits, ranging from close studies (James McBride, Patti Smith) to arty cropped images (half of Jonathan Ames, Noam Chomsky with a backlit nose). Some are smiling (Louise Erdrich, Roddy Doyle), some look disapproving (Chad Harbach), some are laughing (Claudia Rankine). I look and look and feel that by studying these portraits I can better understand the work."—Star Tribune