Press Review
David Schonauer
The Weekly World Tour
Elizabeth. ”Among the tributes paid to Elizabeth Taylor this week was an exquisite essay in Time magazine by Richard Corliss. ’Many talented tyros had been bred in the studio hothouse,’ he wrote. ’But in the '40s, none came to flower so luxuriantly; in the '50s, none found so bracing a challenge in Hollywood's search for artistic maturity; and in the '60s, when the system collapsed, none survived it so craftily as Taylor did.’ Accompanying the story, wisely, was this portrait of Taylor and Montgomery Clift, her greatest co-star, made on the Paramount lot in 1950 by Life magazine photographer Peter Stackpole.” Photo by Peter Stackpole, Time, April 4, 2011
McConaughey and Friend. ”Rare is the portrait that can’t be improved upon with the addition of a large bird of prey. Matthew McConaughey has, according to Esquire magazine, left behind his years of unseemly partying and shirtless runs along the beach. Here he straps on a little visual gravitas.” Photo by Perou, Esquire, April 2011
Cowboy Style. ”If you’re planning a vacation to a dude ranch, you’d best know how the dudes-in-residence dress. Conde Nast Traveler’s article on adventures in the American West included this portrait of a cowboy from Colorado’s Zapata Ranch. Wear these clothes anywhere besides Colorado, and you’ve got some explaining to do.” Photo by Julien Capmeil, Conde Nast Traveler, April 2011
Rhianna Returns. ”I recently admired Annie Leibovitz’s cover shot of Rhianna for the current issue of Vogue. This one is a little trashier, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Her shorts either are or are not painted on.” Photo by Mark Seliger, Rolling Stone, April 14, 2011
Qaddafi. ”Platon may be the Karsh of this era, considering the number of powerful people he’s made portraits of. Time used his low-angle view of Muammer el-Qaddafi for it’s cover this week. This impassive face hides something.” Photo by Platon, Time, April 4, 2011
Rebels. ”Nothing is hidden in the half-hidden faces of these anti-Qaddafi rebels, seen here fighting on the outskirts of the town of Bin Jawwad on Sunday. These are desperate hours.” Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP, New York Times
Japan. ”A woman examines the ground where her house once stood in the town of Kesennuma, ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11. She is speaking to someone on a cell phone, but we don’t need to hear her words to know what she feels.” Photo by Carlos Barria/Reuters, “Lens”, New York Times
Yemen. ”In Sanaa, protesters call for the resignation of President Ali Abdullah Saled.” Photo by Muhammed Muheisen/AP, “Lens”, New York Times
Jordan. ”Protesters and government supporters clashed on the streets of Amman. A security guard grabs this man.” Photo by Muhammed Hamed/Reuters, “Lens”, New York Times
Tunisia, Part 1. ”In a brilliant photo essay, Kahn investigated and documented the sparks in Tunisia that set off the revolutionary turmoil throughout the Arab world. Here, Nauheb Daraoui, 13, poses for a portrait in the casbah in Tunis. The Tunisian flag is painted on his forehead; the words on his cheeks say ’Tunisia Lives.’” Photo by Nikki Kahn, Washington Post
Tunisia, Part 2. ”Kahn photographed Samia Bouazizi, 19, and her mother, Manoubya Bouazizi, as they recall the death of a brother and son. Mohammed Bouazizi set himself on fire in December after being slapped in the face by a policewoman who had been trying to steal fruit from him. The incident helped trigger unrest. Now these faces are part of history.” Photo by Nikki Kahn, Washington Post
Elizabeth. ”Among the tributes paid to Elizabeth Taylor this week was an exquisite essay in Time magazine by Richard Corliss. ’Many talented tyros had been bred in the studio hothouse,’ he wrote. ’But in the '40s, none came to flower so luxuriantly; in the '50s, none found so bracing a challenge in Hollywood's search for artistic maturity; and in the '60s, when the system collapsed, none survived it so craftily as Taylor did.’ Accompanying the story, wisely, was this portrait of Taylor and Montgomery Clift, her greatest co-star, made on the Paramount lot in 1950 by Life magazine photographer Peter Stackpole.” Photo by Peter Stackpole, Time, April 4, 2011
The week of David Shonauer begins with a tribute to Elizabeth Taylor. A photograph by Peter Stackpole taken in 1950 for Life. We continue in beauty with a portrait of Matthew McConaughey posing in an eye-to-eye picture with a vulture. The image is by Perou for Esquire. David Schonauer, avid fan of Rihanna, cannot resist the Rolling Stone cover, shot by Mark Seliger.
After this nice feast, he turns back to the news, with the cover of Time and a portrait by Muammar Gaddafi shot by Platon. The last? Then he moves on to a photograph by Carlos Barria for the New York Times showing a woman in the midst of the ruins of the city of Kesennuma in Japan. The last images are devoted to Tunisia. Two photographs by Nikki Kahn published in the Washington Post.
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