Arnold Newman was one of the most productive, creative and successful portrait photographers of the twentieth century.
For more than sixty years Newman was recognized by regular publication in the most influential magazines of the day, major solo exhibitions and appearances in many of the world’s most prestigious photography collections.
This landmark publication – the first monograph to be published after Newman’s death in 2006 – is packed with iconic images and includes short biographies of Newman’s sitters.
More than 200 photographs, including dozens never before seen in book form, showcase the photographer’s remarkable talent. Famous sitters range from painters, writers and musicians to businessmen, bankers and leaders of industry, and include Truman Capote, Marc Chagall, J. F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky and Andy Warhol. Individual and group portraits are represented in the book, as well as abstracts, landscapes, architectural details and cityscapes.
Two essays by William A. Ewing shed light on Newman’s growing practice; Arthur Ollman provides an informative and entertaining look back at an old friend; and David Coleman focuses on an important national commission undertaken by the photographer.
For more than sixty years Newman was recognized by regular publication in the most influential magazines of the day, major solo exhibitions and appearances in many of the world’s most prestigious photography collections.
This landmark publication – the first monograph to be published after Newman’s death in 2006 – is packed with iconic images and includes short biographies of Newman’s sitters.
More than 200 photographs, including dozens never before seen in book form, showcase the photographer’s remarkable talent. Famous sitters range from painters, writers and musicians to businessmen, bankers and leaders of industry, and include Truman Capote, Marc Chagall, J. F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Pablo Picasso, Igor Stravinsky and Andy Warhol. Individual and group portraits are represented in the book, as well as abstracts, landscapes, architectural details and cityscapes.
Two essays by William A. Ewing shed light on Newman’s growing practice; Arthur Ollman provides an informative and entertaining look back at an old friend; and David Coleman focuses on an important national commission undertaken by the photographer.
Extent: 272 pp
Format: hardback
Illustrations: 210
Publication date: 2012-03-12
Size: 29.0 x 23.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500544150
Format: hardback
Illustrations: 210
Publication date: 2012-03-12
Size: 29.0 x 23.0 cm
ISBN: 9780500544150
Preface by Todd Brandow • Arnold Newman: Student by William A. Ewing • PLATES I • Arnold Newman: Master by William A. Ewing • PLATES II • A Photographer’s Life: Looking Back at Arnold Newman by Arthur Ollman • PLATES III • “A Positive Story”: Arnold Newman’s Great American Faces by David Coleman
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About the Author
William A. Ewing has been an author, lecturer, curator of photography and museum director for more than forty years. His many publications on photography include The Body, Landmark and Edward Burtynsky: Essential Elements, all published by Thames & Hudson.
Todd Brandow is a photography curator and Director of the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, based in Minneapolis and Lausanne. The Foundation currently has exhibition projects in Europe, the Americas and Asia, and has organized the touring exhibition of Masterclass: Arnold Newman.