Newman, Arnold. Faces USA by Arnold Newman.

Amphoto, 1978. Foreword by Thomas Thompson. [Based on a photo competition for the prototypical American face, Arnold Newman went out and took pictures of the winning subjects. In an appendix, this book also includes the photos of the faces submitted by the amateurs.] Near fine, hard cover with VG protected dust jacket that is chipped at one corner. Small red remainder mark at top of text block.

Note:  American portrait photographer Arnold Newman was born on March 3, 1918, in New York. Newman grew up in Atlantic City, then studied art at the University of Miami. He opened the Arnold Newman Studios in New York in 1946 and soon began photographing celebrities, including composer Igor Stravinsky with an open piano cover shaped like a huge musical note. Newman’s “environmental portraiture” became his signature style, in which he carefully posed his subjects with the contents of their homes or work environment in a way that symbolized what that person was known for.  Among his innumerable sitters were Piet Mondrian, Madame Helena Rubinstein, Duane Michals, Robert Moses, Marilyn Monroe, Andy Warhol, John F. Kennedy, Andrew Wyeth, Mickey Mantle, Grandma Moses, Geoffrey Holder, Eugene O’Neill, and Georgia O’Keeffe. After a long and successful career, Newman died in 2006.