Power brings readers face to face with the major world leaders of today. In this one-of-a-kind collection, PlatonWorld Press Photographer of the Yearturns his lens on 150 current international leaders from across the political spectrum to create a profound portrait of global power. Shot within a twelve-month period at the United Nations, and captured with unique candor and insight, these photographs offer an intimate glimpse of the personalities behind the public faces of the world's most powerful decision-makers. With an incisive text by New Yorker editor and Pulitzer Prize winner David Remnick, this comprehensive historical record of our time is an essential volume for anyone interested in world politics.
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Platon is staff photographer for the New Yorker, and recipient of the prestigious World Press Photo Award and National Magazine Photo Portfolio Award. He lives in New York.
David Remnick is editor of the New Yorker. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner and author of several books. He lives in New York.
David Remnick is editor of the New Yorker. He is a Pulitzer Prize winner and author of several books. He lives in New York.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a great collection of strangely intimate pictures. They feel so close, I sometimes felt almost a little embarassed to get such a close view of the person.
By SoleSista
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Bought this as a gift for my uncle who is loves politics. Great book and He loved it so much he read it in one weekend!
By RLG
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Platon is an absolute favorite of mine and I was thrilled to get this book.
The images are from an assignment he did for The New Yorker, so I had seen many of the portraits before...but never like this. Each photograph is as stark and rare as the one before it. The portraits are so raw and precise that it's hard not to stare and wonder how that "session" came to be. What other photographer has assembled Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, and Muammar Qaddafi in one series of photographs? There is a true human presence in these images that should cause you great pause.
Truly incredible work from a brilliant photographer.
The images are from an assignment he did for The New Yorker, so I had seen many of the portraits before...but never like this. Each photograph is as stark and rare as the one before it. The portraits are so raw and precise that it's hard not to stare and wonder how that "session" came to be. What other photographer has assembled Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, and Muammar Qaddafi in one series of photographs? There is a true human presence in these images that should cause you great pause.
Truly incredible work from a brilliant photographer.
4 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By J. Felt
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Nice contemporary images. Especially if you love to see every pore and a look of slight "subject" discomfort based on the obvious photographic intrusion required for the "look"...
Just like the New Yorker originals.
I've nothing to add.
Just like the New Yorker originals.
I've nothing to add.
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