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Baryshnikov: In Black and White

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When I saw this book, I just had to have it. Mikhail Baryshnikov was "the best dancer alive" as praised by "Time" magazine, and remains to this day an absolutely stunning performer. The beautiful black and white photos carry more artistic weight than color could have achieved, and they illustrate his unrivaled talent and dedication to his art through both performance and rehearsal shots. If there is one small criticism to be given, it's that the text part of the book was not long enough for my liking. It covered many pages, but I simply wanted to know more. However, to be fair, that kind of indepth information is best saved for a full blown biography, and that is not this book. It is more a pictorial biography, and in this respect, it shines. Baryshnikov is a marvel, a living legend, and "Baryshnikov in Black and White" shows us why.

A book of lovely photos of Baryishnikov showing him through the years from when he was young and in his prime and later as he ages. Wonderful!

This is a beautiful book.

Large size pictures, one after another after another ... they know what I want to see!

The selection is chronological, and has pictures from across his career, from pretty young through ~2000, which is very cool. It's harder to find pictures of him in his later modern-dance days.

The selection of pictures is also varied, and always interesting (besides being of high quality).

With him as a topic, a picture book can't fail to be great, but this one does especially good justice. (And buying it in the marketplace for ~$2.00 is AMAZING!).