Pam: American Icon [Hardcover]

Jeff Koons (Author), Richard Prince (Author), Glenn O'Brien (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2005 | ISBN-10: 3829601875 | ISBN-13: 978-3829601870

"Blonde bombshell," "It Girl," "uber-babe" -- Pamela Anderson, star of tv series Baywatch and celebrated Playboy playmate, mesmerized the world with a doll's face, pinup figure, sexy tattoos and a man-eating smile. In a tradition that extends from Jean Harlow through Brigette Bardot to Madonna, Pam is the sex goddess of the 21st century. Sante D'Orazio, America's most sought-after celebrity photographer, photographed Pamela Anderson in a one-day session in the Fall of 2000 on the terrace of a mansion in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles. His images, for the first time published in Pam: American Icon, are both a visual study on the phenomenon of the blonde and a seductive collection of erotica.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Texts by Jeff Koons, Richard Prince and

Glenn O’Brien

Sante D’Orazio, born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1956, has worked for all major fashion and lifestyle magazines. He lives in New York. Pamela Anderson, born on Vancouver Island, Canada, in 1967, was the star of the tv series Baywatch, broadcast in 140 countries, and more recently starred in Barb Wire, V.I.P., Scary Movie 3, and Stacked.

Richard Prince, born in 1949, is an internationally acclaimed artist appropriating media and advertisement icons.

Jeff Koons, born in York, PA, in 1955, engages appropriation and parody in the tradition of Duchamp and Pop Art. One of his most famous works is a sculpture fusing a nude pin-up girl with Pink Panther.

Glenn O’Brien is one of America’s foremost pop culture critics and columnists. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Schirmer/Mosel (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3829601875
• ISBN-13: 978-3829601870
• Product Dimensions: 17 x 13.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,425,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It's a big book, but not many pictures., December 29, 2005

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Tim Jackson (Athens, OH United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pam: American Icon (Hardcover)

If you're looking for another Sante D'Orazio collection, packed full of images like his last two books ("A Private View" & "Sante D'Orazio: Photographs"), this is not the book for you. What's not mentioned in the editorial review is that this is a companion piece/catalog for a gallery show held last Spring (2005) in New York. It's all about Pam, but in the end, there are 6-7 unique pictures with 3-5 variations on each image.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three Different Versions of This Book, February 16, 2010

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Buffy (Sunnydale) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pam: American Icon (Hardcover)

Check before you buy: this book has been printed in 3 different editions. I am writing this review for the one I prefer which has dimensions of 16.6 x 13.5 inches. This is important because it is huge and for a book of nude photos of Pam Anderson this is the way to go. That said, it's also the most expensive version but the printing is incredible and well worth it. The other two versions have dimensions listed at 12.1 x 11.9 inches and 14.2 x 11 inches. Between the three the super-sized version is the way to go in terms of quality.