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Following her successful Wise Women, acclaimed photographer Joyce Tenneson shows a new vision of masculinity and aging today in this book of powerful portraits, which includes many celebrity subjects. The much-anticipated follow-up to Joyce Tenneson's hugely successful Wise Women, AMAZING MEN presents portraits of a wide cross-section of men aged 60 and over, from varying professions, lifestyles, and geographic locations. Many are well-known figures--Tom Brokaw, Bill Cosby, Robert DeNiro, Ben Kingsley, B.B. King, and Joe Torre among them--and many others are unsung heroes of the heart, men whose insights and experiences transcend the traditional male stereotypes to reveal sensitivity and wisdom, inner power and humility.

Last year's Wise Women was the subject of a six-part Today show special, was serialized in both O: The Oprah Magazine and Modern Maturity, and became a cultural phenomenon. AMAZING MEN is certain to generate the same kind of debate and critical attention and will also be an ideal Father's Day gift. Quotations from the amazing men accompany their portraits, offering a wide range of reflections and revelations about the masculine image today. Joyce Tenneson is among the most respected photographers of our time. Her work has been shown in over 150 exhibitions worldwide and has appeared on the cover of Time, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Newsweek, Premiere, Esquire, and the New York Times Magazine."

City Spaces. Photographs of Chicago Alleys,
Bob Thall
2002, Center for American Places
9 " x 12", 96 pp.
List price: $40.00

afterword by Ross Miller
In 1996, photographer Bob Thall--walking to his car after completing some work in downtown Chicago--was stopped by something. "I noticed this strange view down an alley," he later wrote. "It wasn't the type of photograph I was doing that year, but the scene stopped me. I had one sheet of film left and thought, 'Oh, what the hell,' and took the picture."

Thall didn't print that picture for over a year. He had just published the highly-praised The Perfect City, an investigation of the sweeping changes in downtown Chicago over a twenty-year period--and he was still working on The New American Village, a look at the new edge city around O'Hare Airport that stands in such contrast to the urbanity of downtown. That single alley photograph, however, would stay with him, and eventually it would inspire the project that led to this, his third book: City Spaces is an exploration of the terrain of Chicago's alleys, where Thall finds remnants of the old city that he, and many other Chicagoans, once found so compelling.

What these photographs transcribe are deep urban slits, afterthoughts to the gleaming modernist fronts of buildings. As Thall writes, "Investigating these spaces reminded me of my earlier sense of the city as a mysterious landscape to explore. My history as a Chicagoan, my history as a photographer, the history of the city, and, in a small way, the history of photography--without any plan or anticipation, these photographs brought these histories together for me." City Spaces will be a welcome addition to those interested in fine art photography, architecture, Chicago, and the urban scene--and will reinforce Bob Thall's presence as a leading artist and spokesperson for the city he loves. - 57 tri-tones
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Soft bound edition, list price: $31.95

"For those who already know his work, thinking of Tice as a neglected master is, well, unthinkable. Fields of Peace (1970; rev. ed., 1998), his first book, with text by Millen Brand, is the finest single work about the Amish, and Tice's photos in it have acquired iconic status. This little showcase of Tice's own favorites from throughout his career does, however, make one wonder why his name isn't as well known as those of Walker Evans, Dorothea Lange, and Edward Steichen. Photographing rural and urban, intimate and panoramic subjects equally skillfully, Tice produces supremely composed pictures, in that they are both sublimely still and exquisitely arranged. ..." Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

George Tice: Urban Landscapes,
George Tice
2002, W.W. Norton & Company
11.72" x 11.84", 160 pgs.
List price: $59.95

"The photographs of George Tice combine an appreciation of beauty with the grittiness of ordinary experience. Tice, the photographer/author of books like Hometowns: An American Pilgrimage, Fields of Peace, and the award-winning Paterson, has turned his camera many times to his native New Jersey. But these images of his home state, taken over the past thirty years, could be almost anywhere in America. They portray the movie theaters, shops, dwellings, and street scenes we have grown up with in cities large and small. Without the slightest effort to romanticize, Tice honors the commonplace with an extraordinary eye and a photographic excellence that is evocative to those of us who have experienced these settings. These pictures will stand the test of time as monuments to the American scene for future generations." - 141 duotone photographs.

"A welcome, dramatically updated reissue of a classic photo-essay originally published in 1970, this portrait of the Amish and Mennonite Pennsylvania German communities is a treasure for lovers of photography and Americana. In a new afterword describing his 1990 return trip to the region, Tice notes that he found the simplicity-loving way of life of these self-reliant folk still largely intact. This revised edition features 39 new photographs and a duotone format that adds warmth and intimacy to the wonderfully evocative pictures, inviting one to linger over such scenes as a horse and buggy silhouetted against open sky, an auction, a prayer meeting, kids with wide-brimmed hats playing in the snow, sheep enveloped in fog and pristine farmhouses. ... " - Copyright 1998 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Shomei Tomatsu: Skin of the Nation,
Shomei Tomatsu
2004, Yale University Press
9" x 10", 224 pp
List price: $45.00

"Long awaited in the photographic community, this is the first complete overview of the work of Arthur Tress, one of today's most intriguing photographers. His whole career can be seen as a long, fantastic voyage from early photojournalism into the realms of surrealism, eroticism, and fantasy. Richard Lorenz offers an in-depth biographical essay on the photographer and his vision, and an essay by noted critic John Wood places Tress' work in context. The 250 images collected here range from early black-and-white photographs, to richly colored surrealistic images of the 1990s, and his latest, visionary work incorporating painting and collage."

Male of the Species, Four Decades of Photography of Arthur Tress,
Arthur Tress
1999, Fotofactory
10.5" x 10.5"
List price: $60.00

The treatments that Troeller observes, and with which she herself experiments, are the subject of these sensuous photographs, which place the viewer at the heart of a revitalizing process of rebirth and renewal, the ultimate goal of alternative water therapies. From Montecatini, Italy, to the baths of Baden-Baden, Germany, and Beppu, Japan, Troeller's photographs take the viewer on a wide-ranging and transformative journey."