Brigitte Lacombe: Cinema/Theatre Book

Always black and white, naturally lit, and stripped of make-up and costumes, French photographer Brigitte Lacombe's iconic celebrity portraits reveal the generation of film and theater stars that has emerged since the 70s. See Spielberg looking boyish; Kevin Kline embarassed and self-conscious; Leonardo di Caprio watching hawkishly; John Malkovich starring; Diane Keaton collapsed in laughter. This exquisitely produced oversize volume is a retrospective of images that gorgeously conveys Lacombe's deep love for the performing arts and the people involved in it. Lacombe is the photographer who people who get photographed for a living, or part of one, most like having take their photograph. --Adam Gopnik Including portraits of Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Juliette Binoche, Tim Burton, Nicholas Cage, Glenn Close, Kevin Costner, Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, Cary Grant, Gene Hackman, Anjelica Houston, Jeremy Irons, Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, William H. Macy, Madonna, Steve Martin, Al Pacino, Gwyneth Paltrow, Sean Penn, River Phoenix, Natalie Portman, Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, Winona Ryder, Martin Scorsese, Uma Thurman, and Robin Williams. Foreword by David Mamet. Introduction by Adam Gopnik. 10.25 x 14 in. 254 duotone illustrationsRead More