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Portraits  Rating: Rating:  - The piercing eyes of humansWhat a beautiful tribute to mankind. In everyone's face there is a story. And I'm sure no one can forget the eyes of that sad and pensive-looking young girl from Afghanistan. I chose my favorites and titled them. This book, although small, is a perfect table book. As you leaf through it, you need to go slowly to catch what Mr. McCurry intended to depict. And one can't help but dub this book `the uniqueness and sometimes commonness of mankind.' Rating:  - disappointingthe photographs when seen in national geographic's publications are indeed beautiful. that is why it is such a pity that they are compiled in a small book that is hard to open and is rather flatly printed. Rating: - BeautifulI received this book as a gift and love it. The collection of close portraits spanning the entire globe makes for compelling viewing. I also like the "pocket" size (the book is about 5x7 inches in size). I do wish some of the colours were a bit more saturated and vivid... still, as a aspiring photographer, it is an inspirational book. Rating:  - The Power of Color PortraitsExcellent example of portrait technique - lighting, backgroud - as well as value and power of color photgraphy. So often B&W is held up as standard of serious color portrait photography, yet we see in color. The fact that these hundreds of photos came from one photgrapher speaks volumes about his rapport with his subjects - although he doesn't actually offer any details - which is a slight weakness of the book. Steve McCurry does not offer any insight into how he gets such open, unblinking moments with those he photgraphs. But never mind, you can learn a lot about photgraphy by just seeing this small compact book - with what appears to be very good binding. His very famous cover shot reminds that any photographer has only a handful of great, memorable photos that are gifted to us by time and place. A really good photo book! |
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