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| Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits | 
| Authors: Peter H. Beard, Anthony Haden Guest
Publisher: Arena Editions
Category: Book
Buy New: $1,269.75
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 857301
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 205
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.5
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.3 x 1
ISBN: 1892041154
Dewey Decimal Number: 779.092
EAN: 9781892041159
ASIN: 1892041154
Publication Date: September 1999
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In this book cataloguing 50 years of Peter Beard's photography, essayist Peter Tunney offers an interesting perspective on Beard's work: "Above all, Peter Beard is a collector, the camera only one method to his madness, a mere tool for accumulating his relished subject matter, the evidence of a life lived, all stuffed into a diary, or any book for that matter. Peter once remarked to me, 'I never save a book unless I have something glued in it.'" Beard's photos are collages of lists, of reference points; when he shows in a gallery, he insists that a mixed tape of music is played to amplify and add a layer of sound to his pictures. The texture in his photo collages is rich, and the layers are thick. The elements he employs create a whole vision of his work: Africa, Andy Warhol, Francis Bacon, the Kennedys, elephants, Montauk, Mick Jagger, blood, crocodiles, things cut out of their context and put in new ones--the picture begins to form. Fifty years' worth of work is collected in this book, expressed in faces readers may recognize and some they won't; his adventures; and his years at Hog Ranch in Africa. Somehow these diverse points of reference come together in their differences and illustrate completely Peter Beard's fascinating work and life. --Amra Brooks
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| Customer Reviews:
 50 years of genius...Peter Beard April 23, 2006
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
In response to Mr Zarate's mindless review I first need to give him some valuable
information. It is not red paint on Peter's photographs it is cows blood which enhance the subject he has caught on film. I seriously doubt the work of Jackson
Pollock ever entered his mind. He is an individual, an artist and perhaps it is you
that hasn't a clue.
Devon Page McCleary
'A reader' April 11, 2006
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
Please stay in the midwest. Your milquetoast expectations in art are an insult to Beard's work, as are your criticisms.
For anyone else not looking for portraiture to skim through, the two other reviews decribe it well. The book is amazing- Peter Beard more so.
Beard's Genius on display November 18, 1999
31 out of 34 found this review helpful
Peter Beard's genius stems precisely from his ability and willingness to extend the traditional concept of "portraiture" to realms heretofore untapped. His portraits, like his life, are vivid, eclectic, filled with artifacts and raw passion. Not for the timid but what art is? Think Francis Bacon with a Nikon. And Incidentally, in reply to the first reviewer who complained about this book, it's not ink he smears on his photographs, it's blood (sometimes his own). This book is a masterpiece.
Peter Beard Overcomes Limits of Medium October 16, 1999
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
Unlike another customer review, I find Beard's "reworking" of his photos to be the freshest element of his work. For those who are only comfortable with "studio" or traditional photography, a warning. Beard's work will always test your endurance, and the rewards are great if you stick it out.
 misleading October 12, 1999
17 out of 57 found this review helpful
The title of this book makes you think it is full of nice, full page portraits. But it is just pages from Beard's scrapbooks, and it looks like a scrap book. Torn articles and photos are pasted down, with Beard's scrawls in the corners sometimes describing what the subjects are, sometimes not. He ruins a neat photo of Mick Jagger eating a giant lollipop on a boat by smearing red paint on the photo. Beard seems to think such paint smearing on his photos (that he does more than once) will give these photos a Jackson Pollock type of value. Afraid not. This book should have been titled "Scrapbook." Then those of us who wanted nice portraits wouldn't be disappointed, and those who wanted the "wild" experience of paging through a disorganized mess that is the product of a disorganized mind, would know where to go.
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