Chrome Car Classics 2007 Calendar [Calendar]

Michael Furman (Photographer)

Product Details

• Calendar
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416212442
• ISBN-13: 978-1416212447
• Product Dimensions: 13.7 x 9.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,792,455 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Michael Furman's artistry in capturing the romance, power, glamour and extraordinary design of notable cars, from classic-era prewar coachbuilt automobiles through to the present day, has brought him acclaim as the world's preeminent fine art automotive photographer. His proprietary studio techniques and unsurpassed visual craftsmanship create an almost tactile level of nuance and color while faithfully capturing the authentic visage of each car, producing images of exacting realism as seen through the eyes of a great artist.

An award-winning writer and publisher, Furman's work has been featured in both classic car journals and leading popular media, including Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, and CBS Sunday Morning. He often collaborates with major museums and notable collectors, such as when he produced "Speed, Style and Beauty, the Cars of the Ralph Lauren Collection", for The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The imprint he founded, Coachbuilt Press, produces volumes widely considered as among the most beautiful and important fine art photography and automobile books ever published. Architectural Digest described "Curves of Steel" as "Filled with sensuous photographs." Library Journal said of "The Art and Colour of General Motors," "A stunning visual history of the company and its most notable cars...Michael Furman's technically exquisite studio photographs of classic cars capture the vehicles' grace and elegance...a strikingly beautiful and substantive history of GM. Highly recommended." And Automobile Quarterly called "Automobiles of the Chrome Age" "A bound compilation of one of the day's most accomplished image gurus." Furman lives and works in Philadelphia, his hometown.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best, February 1, 2007

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J. A. Deal (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chrome Car Classics 2007 Calendar (Calendar)

I purchase a Classic Car Calendar every year for the last 20 yrs.
Chrome Car Classics,2007 Calendar is one of the best I have had.
Great cars both popular and very popular cars.
That is what I liked most about it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Michael Furman is to the automobile what Ansel Adams was to the landscape., December 31, 2006

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G. Morley "G. Morley" (Salem OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Chrome Car Classics 2007 Calendar (Calendar)

Furman's photography of automobiles is second to none. That being said, I sure wish he'd risk venturing outside and shooting them in their natural environment now and then. The sterile, antiseptic, prop-less, scale-challenged studio look becomes rather one dimensional after awhile. I realize that by going outside he would lose his retentive, obsessive control of the lighting that is so critical in showing off an automobiles's lines and details. But their comes a time when the "Harrah's Hangar" look can potentially bore the eyes to sleep. Automobiles are not happy being couped up inside all the time. They are happiest when they are outdoors doing what they were designed to do -- cruising America's highways and byways and soaking up some scenery along the way! A happier automobile makes for a better photographic subject. Furman is more than skilled enough to make the transition to the great outdoors. His new motto should be, "Have camera, will travel." Instead of the automobiles coming to him, he should consider going to the automobiles! There's nothing like just before sunrise or just after sunset to get that look in a near cloudless sky that has the ability to transform a classic automobile and give it a glow that will bring it to life like no studio could ever hope to!