Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (October 22, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0316006939
ISBN-13: 978-0316006934

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Norman Rockwell: Behind the Camera is the first book to explore the meticulously composed and richly detailed photographs
that Norman Rockwell used to create his famous artworks. Working alongside skilled photographers, Rockwell acted as director, carefully orchestrating models, selecting props, and choosing locations for the photographs–works of art in their own right–that served as the basis of his iconic images. Readers will be surprised to find that many of his most memorable characters-the girl
at the mirror, the young couple on prom night, the family on vacation-were friends and neighbors who served as his amateur models.

In this groundbreaking book, author and historian Ron Schick delves into the archive of nearly 20,000 photographs housed at the Norman Rockwell Museum. Featuring reproductions of Rockwell’s black-and-white photographs and related full-color artworks, along with an incisive narrative and quotes from Rockwell models and family members, this book will intrigue anyone interested in photography, art, and Americana.

You will be fascinated with this incredible book! Schick has put together the great selection of Rockwell’s paintings and photos, comparing them along side each other. The Author also has done an extensive study of these works of art, and not only Rockwell, but the people who have worked along side of him.

There is interesting commentary on the social surroundings and attitudes of the time. Americana nostalgia not to be missed!
I definitely give this Coffee Table Book

About the Author..

Ron Schick was born in Miami, Florida and grew up in Chicago. After studying at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he became an editor specializing in photography and the visual arts. Ron worked in art publishing for three decades and has written about photography for national magazines.

Today, he is a researcher, designer, independent curator, and museum consultant. With his wife and collaborator, Julia Van Haaften, he coauthored The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962-1972. He was the first independent researcher to examine every photograph taken on the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions and to attribute them to the astronauts who took them. A Smithsonian Institution (SITES) traveling exhibition based on the book toured eighteen national venues.

He lives with his family in New York City.

A Tribute to Norman Rockwell…

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