Portraits

About this book

Each subject each stranger becomes a seduction . . . As a photographer you are asked to interpret an artist you have only met through his or her work. They must feel comfortable enough to be totally vulnerable. Ultimately taking a picture is an intimate collaborationa true seduction.Abe Frajndlich from the Introduction by Phoebe Hoban Most of us take no more than a few seconds to look at a photograph. The composition the lighting the subject each make their impression and then we move on. But the experience of looking at a photograph by Abe Frajndlich is one of lingering of taking second and third glances to discover some new detail or pick up on a reference that was missed the first time around. Playful whimsical multi-layered and surprising the photographs in Abe Frajndlich Portraits demand to be savored and appreciated. Not only because of their technical and stylistic excellence but also because of the stories they tell about their subjects some of the worlds most celebrated figures from the world of art literature music and film.