Merciless details, a magically intense light, and a challenge for the model to sit still for two minutes: revered photorealist Chuck Close feels that early 19th-century daguerrotype is the most intimate, least falsified form of dialog. With poet Bob Holman he has created a series of poems cum artist portraits featuring Cindy Sherman, Laurie Anderson, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Kiki Smith, and others. English edition.
The remarkable David-against-Goliath story of the lawyer who took on industrial conglomerate DuPont in a huge class action - and won. Soon to be a major motion picture.