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Title: Steve McQueen by William Claxton ISBN: 3-8228-3117-4 Publisher: Taschen Pub. Date: June, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Fitting Photo Tribute
Comment: According to his foreward to this book, the photographer William Claxton met Steve McQueen in 1962 when McQueen was starring with Natalie Woods in LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER. The two men formed a friendship and apparently Mr. Claxton became Mr. McQueen's favorite and most requested photographer. This book of wonderful photographs, covering a couple of years in Mr. McQueen's life from 1962 to 1964, is a result of that brief friendship. Most of the pictures appear to be shot in available light and have a wonderful, informal spontaneity about them impossible to capture in formal portraiture. Both the photographer and subject are comnpletely without pretention.
Mr. Claxton caught Mr. McQueen smiling, clowning and pensive. There are photographs of McQueen in fast cars as well as on motorcycles. Many of the shots were done while Mr. McQueen was working on movies. There are also many pictures of him with family and friends. Most of the shots are in black and white with a few in color. Every time I look at them I find yet another photograph that I think is the best in the book. There is a haunting shot of McQueen with his young daughter where the child, sitting on the floor and resting on her arms, looks into Claxton's camera. We only see her father's legs and feet. (p. 79) Another great shot appears on page 73. McQueen is embracing the family cat. Finally, there's a shot of McQueen lying on a blanket in a large field. His profile is beautifully backlit. Both photographs selected for the front and back covers are fine, informal portraits as well.
This book made me remember how much I enjoyed Steve McQueen's movies and made me sad that he is no longer among us.
Rating: 5
Summary: Leaves you begging for more
Comment: A wonderful work of art that captures what made Steve so charismatic and appealing. It leaves you wishing you could see more from other periods in his life. This is a book I will treasure all my life. Thank you Amazon, I would have paid ten times as much for this book. God Rest His Soul.
Rating: 5
Summary: Leaves you begging for more
Comment: What an incredible set of images from a short time span in Steve's career. The only thing is, you really want more, from other parts of his life. Everything that Steve McQueen meant to his fans and his genre of movies in the 20th century is captured here, and then some. Do not miss this book. Amazon, I would have paid ten times as much for it. I will treasure it the rest of my life. God Rest His Soul.
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Title: McQueen: The Biography by Christopher Sandford ISBN: 087833307X Publisher: Taylor Trade Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Steve McQueen: Portrait of an American Rebel by Marshall Terrill ISBN: 0859652319 Publisher: Plexus Publishing (UK) Pub. Date: 10 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Steve McQueen: The Pocket Essential by Richard Luck ISBN: 1903047234 Publisher: Trafalgar Square Pub. Date: 01 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Photographic Memory by William Claxton, Graydon Carter ISBN: 1576870855 Publisher: powerHouse Books Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title:Papillon ASIN: B0000399WC Publisher: Warner Studios Pub. Date: 14 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $19.98 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $17.38 |
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