The Portrait Unbound: Photographs by Robert Weingarten [With DVD]

by Julian Cox

Book Overview

Traditional portraiture proceeds from the assumption that we can learn about a person by looking at their face. But crucial biographical truths are rarely visible on the surface. Robert Weingarten (born 1941) addresses this with The Portrait Unbound, in which his "portraits" of 21 eminent Americans--among them playwrights, musicians, scientists, architects and actors--show not physical appearances but the subjects' memories and associations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932543333
• ISBN13: 9781932543339
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: High Museum of Art
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 12.7"