Overview
In a photographic career that spanned only seventeen years, Jack Robinson created an extraordinary body of work, that captured both the faces and the fashions of the 1960s - a defining period of twentieth-century popular arts. He regularly contributed ""Vogue's Own Boutique"" under the tutelage of Diana Vreeland, but in 1972 he suddenly abandoned his New York studio and spend the rest of his life in determined anonymity employed as a stained-glass designer in Memphis. When he died in 1997 at the age of 69, few people would have guessed that this reclusive artist had been at the centre of the glitterati in the Swinging Sixties and was acknowledged by his peers as one of the preeminent photographers in the business. This unique collection has been selected and edited by those to whom Jack entrusted his precious archive. Showcasing 150 of his most compelling portraits, with a reflective introduction by critic George Perry, and a foreword by Cybil Shepherd, this is a fitting tribute to a master photographer whose work resonates with the spirit of the time.
Full Product Details
Author: Cybill Shepherd ,
George Perry
Publisher: Gemini Books Group Ltd
Imprint: Palazzo Editions Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 26.50cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 28.50cm
Weight: 1.497kg
ISBN: 9780956494221
ISBN 10: 0956494226
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 01 October 2011
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A beautiful coffee table book Windy City Times
A beautiful coffee table book Windy City Times Captivating portraits. The Advocate The photos, pristine as ever, preserve their famous, fresh faces as if no time has passed. NPRphoto blog The Picture Show Wonderful...[Robinson is a] remarkable artist. Lid A beautiful coffee table book -- Windy City Times Captivating portraits. --The Advocate Wonderful...[Robinson is a] remarkable artist. -- Lid
A beautiful coffee table book -- Windy City Times
The photos, pristine as ever, preserve their famous, fresh faces as if no time has passed. --NPR photo blog The Picture Show
Author Information
Richard Schickel is the author of more than thirty books. He is the creator of an equal number of documentary films, including portraits of Charlie Chaplin, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen. Over the past three decades he has made eighteen such directorial portraits, which, taken together, constitute a unique record of the history of filmmaking since the beginning of sound film production. Since 1965, he has been a movie reviewer for Life, Time and Time.com.
