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Reiner Leist: American Portraits 1910-2001
Reiner Leist American Portraits 19102001 Author:Reiner Leist, Vicki Goldberg Reiner Leist .New World American Portraits 1910- 2001 Essays by Vicki Goldberg, Claus Leggewie, Christoph Menke and Alan Trachtenberg Interview by Susanne Baumann Reiner Leist ’s most ambitious photographic project to date, New World provides a unique look at America through portraits of its people. What makes this collection so unusu... more »al is its highly original biographical dimension —for each of Leist ’s portraits is juxtaposed with a childhood portrait of the same person. The sense of poignancy created by the correspondences between childhood photograph and Leist ’s portrait is further enhanced by autobiographical essays, which shed light on the individuals’often-colorful lives. Portraits include Duane Michals