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Title: Physiognomy : The Mark Seliger Photographs by Mark Seliger ISBN: 0-8212-2598-7 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gorgeous photographs.
Comment: This book is goregeous to look at: the photographs are amazing (and printed HUGE so you can get a good look at the detail), and Seliger's ideas are phenomenal -- who would've thought to dress the cast of Seinfeld up as the characters from Wizard of Oz? Genius!
Whenever I have friends over to my home, people inevitably end up flipping through this book and being fascinated by the photography inside. Every time I look at it, I notice something new, or another photograph catches my eye, no matter how many times I've seen it before. This is a book you will look through many times, and whether you're a fan of the musicians and actors (and other famous folks) that Seliger photographed or you're a shutterbug yourself, you'll find something to take away from these amazing pieces of art.
My only complaint is that the book is a little odd-sized and probably won't fit on a standard size bookshelf (luckily, Amazon gives you the dimensions here, so that's a help).
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely Wonderful!
Comment: This is the only book I know of that will give me goose bumps every single time I look thru it. Mark Seliger captures something brillant in every photograph in this book. What an amazing gift he has. If you or anyone you knows is a fan of photography or of music this book is a M-U-S-T!!!! You just CAN NOT go wrong with this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: Playful Essences and Facing Page Brilliance
Comment: Physiognomy is "discovering temperment and character from outward appearance." Mark Seliger in the epilogue talks about how he sees his role as a photographer as to "deliver the essence." These portraits of celebrities magnificently fulfill that mission.
Before going further, let me note that this book contains much discrete male and female nudity, some violent images, and one impolite gesture. If this book were a movie, it would probably receive an "R" rating.
Mark Seliger is one of the very best of the current celebrity phtographers, a talent that has won him the role of chief photographer for both Rolling Stone and Us. You will enjoy both Mr. Seliger's epilogue, where he describes the development of his career, and Eric Bogosian's introductory commentary on the book's contents. Both explore the notion of finding the reality of the person's character.
Mr. Seliger has a particularly playful side that is wonderfully displayed in the book. For example, his portrait of Keith Richard makes him look like a jealous wife flirting with the image of a brooding Mick Jagger. In another case, the energy of Ringo Starr's drumming is captured by displaying him with four arms, hands, and drum sticks! One of the most humorous is an opening sequence of a bare Ben Stiller, first as an ape-man, then as a human.
The facing pages are brilliant. In most situations, they mirror each other by either portraying the same image, but with a different style, or having the two images interact as though they were one image.
One of Mr. Seliger's strengths is that he has a wide range of talent. His color photographs are powerfully effective in ways that most photographers can only accomplish in black-and-white. He can also do simple face shots, or complex compositions. I can think of no other currently popular photographer with nearly this range of effective style. One of my favorite examples of this range is that he has a beautiful shot of Jennifer Aniston in the buff, discretely displayed. At first you are inclined to think of it as a "beauty" shot, and then suddenly you realize that it's really a play on all of those photographs that parents take of their young children lying bare on a rug.
Mr. Seliger is equally adept at the dark side. Sean Penn's volatile personality is nicely captured in a brooding photograph of him pulling on a cigarette. Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg show up looking like they are relaxing during a rumble looking for trouble. "Don't mess with me" is written all over their faces and bodies.
Here are some of my other favorites:
Fiona Apple, Los Angeles, 1997
Bob Dylan, Los Angeles, 1998
Michael J. Fox, Burlington, Vermont, 1993
Merle Haggard, Lake Shasta, California, 1994
Billy Bob Thornton, Toronto, 1997
Bob Dylan, New York City, 1995
Pat Conroy, Charleston, South Carolina, 1995
Charlize Theron, New York City, 1997
Jerry Seinfeld, Los Angeles, 1998
Will Smith, Los Angeles, 1997
Winona Ryder, New York City, 1997
Jerry Seinfeld, Los Angeles, 1994
Drew Barrymore, Bell, California, 1994
There is another way to think about Physiognomy. People who have studied Neuro-Linguistic Programming argue the opposite way, that physiology becomes psychology. Repeated psychology becomes a habit, and the build-up of habits becomes a character. Spend some time thinking about how you hold your body. Test out how those positions and facial expressions affect you mentally, and how that influences your behavior.
Pose for best advantage . . . to others and to the development of your own character!
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Title: Hothouse by Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone Magazine, David Wild ISBN: 006039367X Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Hotel Lachapelle by David LaChapelle ISBN: 0821226363 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: 01 November, 1999 List Price(USD): $60.00 |
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Title: Outrageous: The Photographs by Us Magazine, Rina Migliaccio, Richard Baker ISBN: 0312192843 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Mario Testino: Portraits by Mario Testino ISBN: 0821227610 Publisher: Bulfinch Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $75.00 |
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Title: Crazy Sexy Cool by Editors of Us Magazine ISBN: 0316553530 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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