Lifeguard on Duty (Hardcover)

~ Matt Albiani (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 124 pages
• Publisher: powerHouse Books (June 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576875016
• ISBN-13: 978-1576875018
• Product Dimensions: 13.2 x 10.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #340,850 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful production values, emotive & wistful images. A must own!, June 26, 2009

By	Lewis Payton "Lewis Payton Photographer" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Into the glut of male photography books at the moment (many not worth a second - or first - look) comes this welcome book of images of male beauty from Matt Albiani.

The portraits have a depth, sensitivity and character rarely seen in male photography and the matte paper stock and printing enhance the high quality of the images. There is a genuine melancholy and thoughtfulness to the images - you get the sense of Albiani's desire to exist in this world and also his understanding of and sensitivity to the young men who inhabit it.

A beautiful, collectible book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beach Scenes: Summer Reveries, November 2, 2009

By	Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

Matt Albiani has a romance with the sea. In this very straightforward collection of full-page images of lifeguards on duty there is no secondary message. These images are simply of healthy, tanned, lithe young men in colorful swim suits sitting in their station towers, or leaning or lying or standing - always with an eye for incipient danger but seemingly completely in control of the situation. Turning the pages of this photographic essay lulls the viewer into that trance that happens when the surf constantly rolls onto the sand, or the water's edge approaches and recedes, or simply laps at pool's lip - memories of warm and hot summer breezes that tend to fade with autumn's advance. Images in both black and white and color give some variety in this at times repetitious monograph while Albiani concentrates on capturing these healthy young men in action and in repose. This book is more for the coffee table meant to offer the reader a visual retreat to the pleasures of summer. Grady Harp, November 09

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lifeguard on Duty, August 12, 2009

By	Abbe Friedman (Bloomfield, CT) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is great. It captures the feeling of being on the beach, bringing back wonderful memories of all the vacations spent at the beach with my children. By the way, one of the lifeguards photographed at work, is my son!