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Sexy, Imaginative, Fun Images of Today's Young Stars, November 3, 2000
This review is from: Hot House (Hardcover)
This book would make a great gift for the young person who follows the current popular performers and recording artists.
As the introduction says, this is "a balmy book full of heat-seeking images." It is dedicated to the proposition that "youth isn't necessarily wasted on the young." And I think they succeed.
Although I was not familiar with all of the singers, actors actresses, and sports figures photographed here, I found the images to be remarkably appealing. I was particularly impressed with the photographs by Isabel Snyder who has a great gift for bringing out emotion and unusual perspectives in her work. Clearly, if you only looked at her work, you would be highly rewarded. I particularly liked her wet reflective image of Barry Wilson, the seductive Jennifer Shy, the defiant Caspar Van Dien, and the dopey cigarette pose of Ryan Phillippe.
Jennifer Love Hewitt is one of the few subjects who appears more than once. She portrays great diversity between her humorous head shot with a candy on her tongue that reads "you melt on my tongue" by Robert Erdmann and a haunting pout in her other photograph.
Unexpected depth showed in Leonardo di Caprio's lounging on a bare mattress in a rundown room with peeling paint by Mark Seliger.
You see the seductive side of Britney Spears as captured in two photographs by David La Chapelle.
La Chapelle also produced the best two photograph sequence involving Eminem holding a firecracker, both before and after.
Classical references worked well, such as when Mark Seliger captured Fiona Apple as Medea.
Put-ons abound. One of my favorites is Ricky Martin in a pool surrounded by nude lovelies facing down, appearing to have swooned for him. Mark Seliger also comes up with two winners in his two humorous images of the Backstreet Boys.
After you finish enjoying these photographs, I suggest that you dig out a camera, grab another person and take turns coming up with your own "youthful" poses.
Be young at heart, whatever your age!
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Sooo much colour, April 1, 2002
This review is from: Hot House (Hardcover)
From the very moment you open the cover, the photos in this book are very obviously "glossy magazine" photos. The colour is incredibly rich. The has obviously been a lot of work put into setting up each photo, and they would work well in magazine format. It was a little strange to see them set out in a book like this, but does it makes for a really interesting book. Whilst it isnt an "elite fashion photography" book, I dont think it is trying to be. It is simply a nice collection of photos of some of the popular people (eg. singer, actors) form our era. Mark Seliger and Isabel Snyder are superb fashion photographers, and it really shows in this book. Their photos really stand out from all others in the book, and are all incredibly good photos taken in an interesting manner. Its a good book to sit back on a couch with during the day, with some good tunes in the background.
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At Least I Saw It, August 9, 2004
This review is from: Hot House (Hardcover)
Don't you just love it when people who haven't seen the book (and can't spell) post reviews, like the two below? No? I don't either.
For those of you who don't judge a book by it's cover, you just might like this one. It has some of the best pictures from Rolling Stone in it. Judge for yourself.
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