Women Paperback – October 17, 2000

Cooperative, compassionate, and generous; in these portraits, the women dialogue with the camera. Some manipulate the image. Others reveal. These are photos of visceral beauty, because of the individual consciousness of these women in their context: trapeze artists, politicians, writers, directors, poets, actors, dramatists, miners, hotel housekeepers, Las Vegas showgirls, judges, MD's, performance artists, waitresses, architects, soldiers, athletes, socialites, teachers, activists, gang members, journalists, musicians and scientists. Sontag's essay explores the why of a book of women, the how of beauty. She reminds us that in parts of the men controlled world, women are covered, not seen by the camera. These portraits are radical, expressions of women actively creating their images as they create their lives. Photos of 238 women with thumbnail biographies. Annie Leibovitz acknowledges this book was inspired by Susan Sontag.

The common belief of the emotional aspects of warm, nurturing, heart on their sleeves, empathetic, and more in reference to women are explored and shared. Celebrations of birth/death, tears/laughter, relaxing/struggling come breathing off the pages without apologies. Worldwide, cultural differences blend outwardly showing and touching the fact that the lines become obscured as the common alikeness of spiritual oneness can easily be seen in the photographs. The realization that borders do not define feelings are beautifully displayed and become authentic definitions of explanations of the unexplanable.

This was the first time I bought a book of photos and I was not disappointed. I was lucky enough to be part of a book signing event by Annie Leibovotz which makes this book even more special to me. Each photo tells a moving story of the person pictured and I find myself puliing this book out often just to remind myself who I am. Every woman can identify with at least one of the photos, if not all of them. I recommend this book to women everywhere as a reminder of who we are and how far we have come over the years.

as described, book was in very good condition and seller took extra steps to protect the item. Thanks!

Me interesaba el libro y lo compré de segunda porque es caro.

One of the best portrait studies I have seen. She has an underlying thread that ties all of these images together, stylistically, even though they are all vastly different. Fascinating book.

I bought this book for my xmas gift for my mom and she loves it! It's a great coffee table book and one you can look at over and over again. Some of the images are just breath-taking and really tell a story.

The book was in excellent shape. My granddaughter treasures it.It arrived soon after I ordered it. The price was fair. Very Happy with this purchase!

Du grand Annie Leibovitz ...un livre culte à posséder

Me llego Muy maltratado!! la portada del libro de papel viene sucia y rota y el libro muy maltratado parece como si me mandaron un libro usado !!

作品も素晴らしいが印刷も素晴らしい。以前にもっと小さい判型のもので日本発売の写真集を買ったことがありましたが、印刷がいまいちなこともあってか、あまりぱっとしませんでした。こちらは写真の迫力、繊細さがきちんと伝わって素敵です。

Fantastic as always by Annie

The book was very well packaged, it arrived in the expected deadline and it was in excellent condition!I will shop here again!