Being Human
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By turn poignant, humorous, erotic, disturbing, their subject is the human condition. Ten stunning characters explore every aspect of human experience – both public and private.
Richly produced and with subtle tonalities marking their age, over 220 photographs showcase the work of photographers whose identities have been lost in time. The images are never less than mesmerising, and include among them previously unseen portraits of stars such as Cary Grant, Richard Burton and Marlene Dietrich.
Complete with an introduction by bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, this follow-up to Robert Flynn Johnson's widely acclaimed Anonymous is a publication that - in taking in birth , marriage, death, disease, hope, glory, despair and a plethora of other emotions, events and human states besides - will capture the imagination of any reader.
Richly produced and with subtle tonalities marking their age, over 220 photographs showcase the work of photographers whose identities have been lost in time. The images are never less than mesmerising, and include among them previously unseen portraits of stars such as Cary Grant, Richard Burton and Marlene Dietrich.
Complete with an introduction by bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, this follow-up to Robert Flynn Johnson's widely acclaimed Anonymous is a publication that - in taking in birth , marriage, death, disease, hope, glory, despair and a plethora of other emotions, events and human states besides - will capture the imagination of any reader.
Extent: 208 pp
Format: hardback
Publication date: 2009-04-06
Size: 25.0 x 25.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500543726
Format: hardback
Publication date: 2009-04-06
Size: 25.0 x 25.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500543726
Being Human Alexander McCall Smith • Whole in One Robert Flynn Johnson • 1. Immaturity • 2. Masculinity • 3. Femininity • 4. Compatibility • 5. Celebrity • 6. Singularity • 7. Activity • 8. Festivity • 9. Adversity • 10. Inevitability • Collecting Anonymous Photographs
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About the Author
Robert Flynn Johnson was for many years Curator of Prints at the Achenbach Foundation, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. He has been an avid collector of anonymous photographs for many years, and his previous books include Anonymous.