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Title: Horst Portraits : 60 Years of Style by Horst, Robin Muir, Terence Pepper, National Portrait Gallery, Boston Museum of Fine Arts ISBN: 0-8109-4163-5 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $55.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: Elegant, Stylized Classical Portraiture
Comment: Horst P. Horst was at the top of his game as a photographer for a career that spanned 60 years. The key to his appeal lies in a sound foundation in portraiture composition of the sort that the great painting masters used. To this, he added echoes of form, sensuous light and shadow, and a frequent ability to catch people at their best. While I find his faces often over or under lit for my taste, this book contains dozens of virtually flawless images that you will cherish. One of the nice elements of the book is that Mr. Horst was adept at color photography, as well as black-and-white. The book contains 130 duotone images and 20 in full color. His subjects are usually actors, models, fashion designers, and artists. The three Vogues (American, British, and French) were his most frequent employers. The volume is greatly improved by an introduction that explains how his career developed and his relationship with other photographers and magazine editors. I thought the detailed captions for the photographs were very interesting and impressive, giving the volume a depth that most fine photography books lack. The quality of the book, paper, reproduction, and design are all superb. This show will open in Boston in mid-October, and I plan to see it then!
Here are a few of my favorite images: Noel Coward, 1933; Coco Chanel, 1937; Deanna Durbin, 1936; Ethel Waters, 1939; Lud, 1938; Janet Gaynor and her husband Adrian, 1940; Merle Oberon, 1942; Salvador Dali, 1943; Muriel Maxwell, 1940; Loretta Young, 1943; Lisa Foussagrives, 1940; Gloria Vanderbilt, 1941; Carmen Dell'Orefice, 1947; Lady Diana Cooper, 1946; Rita Hayworth, 1947; Tallulah Bankhead, 1940s; Carlos Chavez, 1946; Irving Penn, 1951; Lucie Bose, 1952; Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and her sister Lee Radziwell, 1955; Maria Callas, 1952; Franco Zeffirelli, 1964; W.H. Auden, 1970; Diana Vreeland, 1979; Kerry Harper, 1980; Duran Duran, 1986; and Catherine Bailey, 1989.
After you examine these thoughtful portraits, ask yourself what you want to learn from a portrait. Personality? Occupation? Habits? Relationships? Beliefs? Soul?
Exude your desire to connect and help others . . . so they will turn to you for aid!
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Title: Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits by Mark Vieira, Mark A. Vieira, George Hurrell ISBN: 0810934345 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Hollywood Glamor Portraits: 145 Photos of Stars, 1926-1949 by John Kobal ISBN: 0486233529 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 October, 1976 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Hollywood Portraits by Roger Hicks, Christopher Nisperos, Kobal Collection ISBN: 0817440208 Publisher: Amphoto Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Irving Penn : A Career in Photography by Irving Penn, Colin Westerbeck, Art Institute of Chicago ISBN: 082122459X Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: Film-Star Portraits of the Fifties: 163 Glamour Photos by John Kobal ISBN: 0486240088 Publisher: Dover Publications Pub. Date: 01 June, 1980 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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