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Synopsis
A beautiful and moving collection of photographs by today's foremost literary portrait photographer, Beowulf Sheehan, whose work captures the essence of more than 200 of our best-known writers, playwrights, poets, journalists, and graphic novelists.
Beowulf Sheehan is considered to be his generation's foremost literary portrait photographer, having made portraits of nearly every living writer (some now no longer with us) from Roxane Gay and Ian McEwan to Jennifer Egan, Elie Wiesel, Jonathan Franzen, J.K. Rowling, and Toni Morrison. His portfolio includes more than 600 writers.
In AUTHOR Sheehan has collected and curated more than 100 of the most moving and revealing portraits of these great literary artists in environments that range from the studio to the forest to the streets of Italy and the subway of New York.
The book is driven by the images of the authors, but Sheehan's work is accompanied throughout with short pieces of text including his most memorable moments making these portraits, quotes from the writers, and excerpts from their work that complement the image.
The perfect gift for readers and lovers of portrait photography, AUTHOR is the only book of its kind to appear in more than a decade.
Synopsis
A beautiful and moving collection of photographs by Beowulf Sheehan, whose work captures the essence of 200 of our most prominent writers, historians, journalists, playwrights, and poets.
Beowulf Sheehan is considered to be his generation's foremost literary portrait photographer, having made portraits of the literary luminaries of our time across the globe, from Roxane Gay to Masha Gessen, Patti Smith to Zadie Smith, Karl Ove Knausgaard to J.K. Rowling, and Jonathan Franzen to Toni Morrison.
In AUTHOR Sheehan presents the most insightful, intimate, and revealing portraits of these artists made in his studio, in their homes, in shopping malls and concert halls, on rooftops and in parking lots, on the beach and among trees, surrounded by flowers and in clock towers. Following an enlightening foreword by Salman Rushdie, Beowulf Sheehan shares an essay offering insights in the poignant and memorable moments he experienced while making these portraits.
A treasure gift for readers and lovers of portrait photography, AUTHOR is the only book of its kind to appear in more than a decade.