Monkey Portraits
by Jill Greenberg
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Book Summary Information
Author: Jill GreenbergContributor: Paul Weitz
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2006-09-26
ISBN: 0821257552
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Bulfinch
Book Reviews of Monkey Portraits
Book Review: A wonderful book...
Summary: 4 Stars
I first came across Monkey Portraits on a dodgy Russian website - I've forgotten its url now, but the photos stuck in my mind and I promised myself that if I ever found out who was responsible for these images, I'd snap the book up asap. When I did find it on amazon I bought it immediately.
The photographs are enchanting. My favourite is sadly the image on the cover - this is mildly frustrating as I hoped there would be more that grabbed my attention - and there is no doubt that Jill Greenberg is an excellent photographer. However, after leafing through it, I came away feeling a little unsatisfied. The book is wonderful, but I had expectations that I would be moved more than I was. My only complaints (and they are minor ones) are that the book isn't a truly oversized coffee table book, and that there aren't more images.
However, for the price it is a true bargain. And while it isn't a coffee table sized tome, the book has had pride of place on my coffee table (on the top) ever since it arrived. So far, everyone who has seen it has loved it. Both children and adults can't believe that the photographs are actually of monkeys - if I had a dollar for every 30+ year-old who said "this was done by computers," I'd have quite a few dollars!
I hope Ms Greenberg comes out with a larger second edition. Until then, you can't go wrong with this book. Highly recommended as a gift for yourself, or someone you know (as long as they don't look like a monkey)!
Summary of Monkey Portraits
Jill Greenberg offers a fascinating, funny, and all-too-human collection of celebrity monkey and ape portraits. Each of these 76 amazing anthropomorphic photographs will remind readers of someone they know.Book Description:
We share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, our closest biological cousins. And never have the similarities between simians and humans been so amusingly and brilliantly captured as in Monkey Portratis. Jill Greenberg has spent 15 years photographing celebrities--from Clint Eastwood to Drew Barrymore--for leading publications, but has recently focused on actors of a different sort. She has been photographing monkeys and apes, many of whom have appeared on film or in television shows. Her intimate portraits of these animals convey a startling range of emotions and personalities, and evoke an almost eerie sense of recognition. Each of these 76 amazingly anthropomorphic photographs will remind you of someone you know. These monkeys in all their glory will cause you to laugh out loud and to wonder just how different we truly are.
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