Sign in with Facebook
Loading...
158th out of 196 books
—
65 voters
Finding Grace: The Face of America's Homeless
An amateur photographer from the age of 10, Lynn Blodgett studied under Andrew Eccles, a renowned photographer who was selected by The New York Times to shoot the cover of their millennium issue. Blodgett is also a businessman with a social conscience who travels the country as head of the nation’s largest provider of computer-based services to state and local governments....more
Hardcover, 124 pages
Published
August 28th 2007
by Earth Aware Editions
Friend Reviews
To see what your friends thought of this book,
please sign up.
Community Reviews
(showing
1-30
of
41)
Finding Grace is a coffee table sized book whose black and white head shot cover compels you to pick it up. “Who is that beautiful woman?” is your first thought. Her elegantly weathered face intrigues and draws you in. Your eyes move to her adorned hands prominently displayed, crossed at her throat and it is here that the inkling of truth shows. One, of the many rings seems to be a bandaged bottle cap. It isn’t until you pick up the book that the subtle subtitle, printed in a faint gray ink beco...more
The photographs are very confrontational: mostly just one person, often making eye contact with the camera, against a white backdrop. Removing any context is highly effective in allowing the viewer see Blodgett's subjects as people rather than a social problem. The photographs are beautiful, although many of them are difficult to look at. The afterward is Blodgett discussing his methods, which I really appreciated; after I look at photographs as open and human as these, I always wonder about how...more
Can you tell I work by the oversize books? This is one of my favorite in the oversize (coffee table books) collection.
The cover is an example of the interesting people inside that are photographed excellently. I think the cover gives humanity and dignity to this beautiful woman.
The cover is an example of the interesting people inside that are photographed excellently. I think the cover gives humanity and dignity to this beautiful woman.
i much prefer black and white photography to color. i found this book interesting, moving, and thought-provoking.
Important: 5
Must Read/View: 5
Accessible: 5
Kept Attention: 5
Well-Written: 5
Must Read/View: 5
Accessible: 5
Kept Attention: 5
Well-Written: 5
I was impressed by a three page article in the Deseret News about Lynn Blodgett, the CEO who took these pictures and wrote the commentary included in this book. He is an amazing man.
I enjoyed the photos and the charitable purpose for which this book was made (a little reading, a lot of photos). I appreciate how he reached out to homeless, and was able to capture a more than superficial glimpse into them... something which few could capture as he did.
I enjoyed the photos and the charitable purpose for which this book was made (a little reading, a lot of photos). I appreciate how he reached out to homeless, and was able to capture a more than superficial glimpse into them... something which few could capture as he did.
"The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty." -- Mother Teresa, p. 15
Unsentimental but moving portaits of homeless people as people; remarkable whether viewed as photographic art or as a poignant glimpse into individual human souls.
Jun 16, 2012
Beverly Steiner
marked it as to-read
Nov 30, 2011
Kendra
marked it as to-read
Nov 13, 2010
April
marked it as to-read
Sep 23, 2010
Toni Nelson
marked it as to-read
Jun 29, 2010
Synesthesia
marked it as to-read
Apr 30, 2010
Steph
marked it as to-read
Feb 17, 2010
Idiosyncratic
marked it as to-read
Nov 29, 2009
Megan
marked it as to-read
There are no discussion topics on this book yet.
Be the first to start one »
