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Power : photographs / by Platon ; introduction by David Remnick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Platon, 1968-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Heads of state--Portraits.
- Heads of state.
- Genre:
- Portraits.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 2011.
- Summary:
- Photographer Platon somehow gained access--if only for a few minutes--to hundreds of the world's leaders, including presidents, prime ministers, dictators, and revolutionaries. This book presents page after page of up-close images of faces. Almost all are simple head shots shown full page. Readers can marvel at bushy eyebrows, unusual moles, strange configurations of mouth muscles, oddly expressive or inexpressive eyes, and so on--and wonder how each of these individuals sees himself in the mirror. Each person is identified by name in the photo caption and more thoroughly in the end matter with a biographical paragraph. New Yorker editor David Remnick provides an introductory essay. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- ISBN:
- 9781452100586
- 1452100586
- OCLC:
- 664674964
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