Christmas in America: A Photographic Celebration of the Holiday Season |
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Peter Guttman
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Pages: 176 (Hardcover)
ISBN: 1602390665
Pub: Skyhorse Publishing
Pub date: 2007-10
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 156399
Reader Reviews:
It's the most wonderful time of the year (0/0 people found this helpful)
A pleasant enough selection of photos but pay attention to the title sub-line because probably half the photos relate to winter/holiday season rather than Christmas specifically. The pages are divided into three chapters: Christmas in the East (there are no page numbers but this chapter is eighty-four pages) Christmas in the Heartland (thirty-six pages) and Christmas in the West (forty-seven pages). I wonder editorially if it might have been better to put all the Christmas images together with the winter ones filling pages either side.
The photos concentrate on the outdoors, either in the countryside or cities and strangely there are hardly any of folks enjoying a domestic Christmas Day around a decorated tree, opening presents, mealtimes or just enjoying the company of each other. This does seem a major omission. The book's fly leaf biog of Peter Guttman reveals his extensive photo assignments so maybe the contents are made up from a trawl through the archives.
I think the outdoor shots work best with several stunning landscape photos especially in the West chapter. Mountains, trees, a frozen lake and plenty of snow seem sure fire ingredients for inspiring creativity. The city work comes across to me as average.
The book's printing and paper are excellent with the photos presented in a picture book layout rather than a formal photo book look. If this kind of subject matter interests you check out 'Christmas in America' (ISBN 978 0002179683) a large size photo book published in 1988 that takes a closer look at the season than Peter Guttman's book.
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