Nancy Alspaugh
Teoksen Fearless Women: Midlife Portraits tekijä
Tekijän teokset
Merkitty avainsanalla
Yleistieto
- Syntymäaika
- 20th Century
- Sukupuoli
- female
Jäseniä
Kirja-arvosteluja
This book contains photographs of some of the women I admire most. Unfortunately, the women are posed holding a large sword as a prop to indicate their fearlessness.
I suppose that this was the feature that "sold" the book idea, but I would much prefer portraits of my heroines without the sword. The sword is a symbol of much more than fearlessness, and detracts from the book. It makes the book corny.
My husband bought it for me for mother's day last year; I'd guess from an amazon recommendation -- but it was a most disappointing gift -- one that I would never leave out for others to view. This wouldn't be true if the swords weren't in every photo.… (lisätietoja)
I suppose that this was the feature that "sold" the book idea, but I would much prefer portraits of my heroines without the sword. The sword is a symbol of much more than fearlessness, and detracts from the book. It makes the book corny.
My husband bought it for me for mother's day last year; I'd guess from an amazon recommendation -- but it was a most disappointing gift -- one that I would never leave out for others to view. This wouldn't be true if the swords weren't in every photo.… (lisätietoja)
Tilastot
- Teokset
- 2
- Jäseniä
- 40
- Suosituimmuussija
- #370,100
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 3.9
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 2
- ISBN:t
- 3
This is an incredible celebration of the beauty, power, and wisdom of women "of a certain age" -- a book that I keep coming back to for inspiration and to simply enjoy the beauty and variety of the photos.