Portraits

Product Details

Product Reviews

(5 stars) - Great gift!
This collection of magnificent portraits makes a wonderful gift or coffee-table purchase. Steve McCurry (fellow Penn Stater and my all-time favorite photographer) has such a unique and remarkable gift - he captures the soul of the individual, whether two months old or one hundred years old, in a seemingly effortless manner. His portraits tell a story in the blink of a moment and I find them absolutely compelling and haunting and natural. I can't recommend his works and this book highly enough.

If I had to gripe, I would say that I wish the book was larger and that the author had added accompanying text. Although the portraits themselves do not need any written commentary to enable them to be fully understood and appreciated, I was just curious about how he came upon his subjects and what his interactions with them were like.

(5 stars) - Stunning Portraits
This is a small book. The pages are 7 1/4 X 4 7/8. The right hand page contains a stunning borderless image. The left page is blank except for a one line label. Each image demands to be studied. While there is no descriptive text the image can tell its own story. Don't rush through this book but sit and ponder. At the price it is a genuine bargain. Highly recommended.

(4 stars) - A pocket Full of Portraits
Here's the pocket-sized and pocket-book-sparing edition of the portrait photo-artistry by Steve McCurry, whose opulent "Looking East" I reviewed a few days ago. That book gives you many of the same pictures in a 14"x20" format, with the highest quality of paper and of printing. This book is well printed, but at 5"x7" the portrait faces can scarcely meet your eye.

There's another way to get ahold of McCurry's portraits, on the covers of the awesome CDs of the Cantatas of JS Bach, as conducted by John Eliot Gardiner and recorded at churches around the world during Gardiner's epic Bach Year.

(5 stars) - Classic art. Classic human. Classic McCurry.
Jaw dropping collection of McCurry's portrait work. Beautifully printed and reasonably priced. Just buy it. You will love it.

(5 stars) - Very Interesting
This is a great book of portraits. I much enjoyed looking through it and will continue looking through it. I have it on my coffee table and guests love it.

Popular Searches in Books