Face: The New Photographic Portrait

Description

This groundbreaking publication announces the death of the conventional portrait. Exploring new techniques and strategies, the artists present faces to the world that are sometimes seductive, sometimes touching, sometimes frightening, but never less than riveting. Whether Gillian Wearing's masked self-portrait, Aziz + Cucher's neutral facades, LawickMuller's composite portrait of a couple, Cindy Sherman's disquieting disguises or Orlan's disturbing experiments with cosmetic surgery, these images demand attention.

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.

'A manifesto against our current image culture and its unrealistic ideals of beauty, youth and celebrity' - The Art Review 'For photographers with a passion for portraiture, this book shouldn't be ignored' - Digital Photographer Magazine 'Beautiful ... fascinating ... all [the photos] are captivating in some way' - Professional Photographer 'Endlessly fascinating ... inspiring and reassuring' - Image