Eve Arnold's People

by Brigitte Lardinois (Editor), Anjelica Huston (Préface), Isabella Rossellini (Introduction)

Eve Arnold (b. 1912 in Philadelphia) is one of the great photographers of the modern era.

This new collection features her exceptional photographs of people, both famous and unknown, captured in formal and informal settings. In addition to Arnold’s superb individual portraits of Monroe, Dietrich, Gable, Crawford, and more, there are a number of Photo visual essays made on assignment, including Malcolm X and the Black Muslims; her seminal work In China; and more.

The work is organized into three key 1948-60, her early career, and becoming the first woman member of Magnum; 1961-70, when she moved to the UK and began working with color film; 1971-97, with assignments in the Middle East, Afghanistan, and beyond. 150 color illustrations

Genres: Photography, Nonfiction, Art

176 pages, Hardcover

First published April 27, 2009

Reviews

[Angelina · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘If a photographer cares about the people before the lens and is compassionate, much is given. It is the photographer, not the camera, that is the instrument.’
Eve Arnold

[Кремена Михайлова · Rating 4 out of 5]

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Mama Colaurde prepares pasta. 1958.

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Bread making. Small town in Bahamas. 1960.

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A baby's first five minutes, Port Jefferson. 1959.

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Elizabeth TAYLOR with her children on the set of the film BECKET. 1963.

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Outside a premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, 1950.

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Isabella ROSELLINI studying her lines for the film Blue Velvet, a film by David Lynch. Massachusetts. 1985.

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Long Island. Migrant labour camp. 1951.

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Kabul. Three widows on the way to their 'joint' husbands grave. 1969.

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CHINA. Retired woman. 1979.

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China. Making noodles. 1979.

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London. Can Johnny come out to play? 1972.

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CUBA. Juana Chambrot draws her dream house in the sand on the beach. 1954

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CUBA. Cayo Carenero. Island girl revisited. Juana CHAMBROT in her house in Cayo Carenero, examines the photos Eve Arnold brought with her that she had made of Juana and her family 43 years ago. She had never seen them. 1997.

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CUBA. Juana Chambrot as look out in a game she plays on the beach. 1954.

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CUBA. Island girl revisited. Juana Chambrot sitting in the same tree she climbed when we met 43 years ago. 1997

[Shelby Rush · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection with some gems and some duds and plenty I'd rate middle-of-the road. I'm not a fan of the color photos in here; her monochrome are superior. I'm also not normally a fan of celebrity photography. I can't relate to stars' wealth and fame and beauty, which is why photos of ordinary people I usually find more powerful. The photo taken in a divorce court of an anonymous couple is the most poignant in this collection.

[Nicola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ein tolles Buch, das dem umfassenden Werk von Eve Arnold insofern gerecht wird, als es sich nicht nur mit einigen ihrer Bilder begnügt, sondern Menschen zu Wort kommen lässt, die ihr entweder beruflich oder privat nahe standen. Alles in allem bleibt das Buch zwar an der Oberfläche, aber es bietet einen tollen Einstieg zu den Bildern und der Person Eve Arnold.

[Tara · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great photo book. I first discovered Eve Arnold when I saw her informal portraits of Marilyn Monroe. A selection of those are included here, along with other famous names from Elizabeth Taylor to Malcolm X. But Eve was a photojournalist for the Magnum agency, and some of her best work featured ordinary folk from around the world. She had a gift for capturing people off-guard, but never removing their dignity, and this book is both a pleasure to look at and a vivid social record of the 20th century.