Vanity Fair: The Portraits: A Century of Iconic Images
by Graydon Carter, David Friend Christopher Hitchens
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September 1st 2008
by Harry N. Abrams
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Hardcover, 384 pages
isbn
0810972980
(isbn13: 9780810972988)
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Read in December, 2008
Terrific collection of photographic portraits ranging from 1914 to the current year, taken by masters including Steichen, Liebovitz, Horst, Beaton, and Snowdon. The photos are lumped together in non-chronological order but that works quite well, because the editors took care to pair each page's portrait with another on the facing page that's appropriate, such as placing Seamus Heaney and James Joyce, both Irish writers, on facing pages; this leads to some clever juxtapositions such as Einstein f...more
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I was amazed at the variety of photographs in this book. Famous people from the past and current celebrities provide a fascinating study of styles past and present. I got this book as a Christmas book and happily spent most of Christmas afternoon studying the photography and reading about the history of the magazine Vanity Fair.
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There were some really striking photos but the captions cracked me up. Also, I never realized how boob friendly Vanity Fair was until I looked through this book.
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Read in January, 2009
If you are into portrait photography and appreciate a wide range of style, time, and people this is a book for you!
Read in September, 2008
Gorgeous and iconic photos throughout, it is more than just a coffee table book. It provides great reference to artists, as well as something just to admire. Awesome!
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Read in November, 2008
recommended to Cynthia by:
NY Timesrecommends it for: everyone who loves people art, history or life
This book is both beautiful and informative. Some of the portraits are iconic, others are rare glimpses of historical and literary figures that, physically, you couldn't pick out of a crowd, although they are geniuses in some field. Everyone should sit down with this book, just to look, for at least an hour.
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Read in January, 2009
Simply amazing. A picture tells more than a thousand words.
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Read in September, 2008
I know it's portraits so it's not really reading, but it is a great book! It makes me wish I had actually taken photo in high school instead of just spending all of my time down there....
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Read in January, 2009
I just happened to open this at work, and found that such a ridiculous magazine could produce such beautiful portraits!
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Read in January, 2009
