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Title: Time to Act: An Intimate Photographic Portrait of Actors Backstage
Author: ANNAND SIMON
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 01/11/2020
Imprint: LANNOO
Price: $90.00
Publishing status: Active
British photographer Simon Annand has been shooting candid photographs backstage at West End theatres in London for 35 years. In these meditative portraits, often shot in the intimate space of the dressing room, he captures the focus and tension of world-class actors right before they go on the stage. Actors such as Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Jake Gyllenhaal and Judi Dench are seen in these moments of vulnerability, which every actor experiences no matter how long they have been working. Time to Act, with an introduction by Cate Blanchett, contains a hand-picked selection of Simon Annand's remarkable and unique portraits. AUTHOR: Simon Annand works and lives in London. For 35 years, he has been photographing actors backstage, a few minutes before the curtains rises. He was given permission to enter the dressing rooms of the most famous actors in the world of theatre. SELLING POINTS: • A unique series of photographs that go behind the scenes in London theatres, capturing world renowned actors before they go on stage • Includes a foreword by Cate Blanchett • \”Simon Annand is one of the most amazing photographers I have had the pleasure of working with. He is an individualist with an eye for the unusual.\” - Dame Judi Dench, actor 190 colour, 40 b/w images
ISBN: 9789089898364
Dimension: 290mm X 240mm