false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1161712824m/2877.jpg 2877 1 <div>Tom Hunter is a London-based photographer of international renown for his engaging, distinctive, and often provocative re-creations of Old Master paintings. In 1998 he won the John Kobal Photographic Portrait Award for <i>A <i>Woman Reading a Possession Order</i></i>, a beautifully crafted photograph based on a composition by the Dutch master, Johannes Vermeer (1632&#8211;1675).<br>Featuring selections of the bold images that established Hunter&#8217;s reputation, together with new work, this book conveys the artist&#8217;s deep concern with depicting the lives of the residents of Hackney, East London, as captured in the headlines of Hunter&#8217;s local newspaper, the <i>Hackney Gazette</i><i>.</i> These startling, sometimes tragic, stories are retold in carefully staged photographs, whose compositions are frequently derived from paintings in the National Gallery.<br>An essay by best-selling novelist Tracy Chevalier examines Hunter&#8217;s story-telling, while Colin Wiggins discusses the relationship between Hunter&#8217;s work and paintings in the National Gallery and elsewhere.</div> 6781 8 3 2006 Tom Hunter: Living in Hell and Other Stories (National Gallery Company) total:1|4:1| 1 4 17 0 0 0 false false Tue Nov 24 15:44:21 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 15:44:21 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 09:11:06 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 09:11:06 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 29 22:15:17 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 22:15:17 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 05 00:04:48 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 00:04:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 10 21:23:16 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 10 21:23:16 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Jun 23 11:57:07 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 11:57:51 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Apr 20 20:02:15 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 20:02:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 08 08:24:34 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 08:24:34 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 16 16:24:01 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 16:24:04 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 05 18:44:23 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 18:44:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 25 18:07:37 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 18:07:37 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Nov 12 14:16:07 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 12 14:16:07 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Sep 08 17:13:18 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 08 17:13:18 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Aug 21 06:42:13 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 06:42:13 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Mon Jun 16 18:10:23 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 18:10:23 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Apr 24 18:06:30 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 18:06:35 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Mar 13 15:25:21 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 13 15:25:25 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2877