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A review by carolanncdematos
Red-Blooded American Male: Photographs by Robert Trachtenberg
4.0
As a child and teen, my one wish was to be a photographer. I loved the sounds of my vintage (even at that time) K1000 Pentax, film-based, camera. I fell in love with American photographer Margaret Bourke-White and French photographer Veronique Vial, and the way these women saw and captured moments of their world. I remember having to explain to my mother that I should be allowed to see and own Vial's book, "Women Before 10am" because there was nothing inappropriate or pornographic about the nudity displayed, it was art – beautiful, poignant, real, art. Then you grow up, and someone tells you there is no money in photography, or that some other field would be more secure, and although photography is and will always be my first love, it is not my day-to-day career as I so wished once upon a time.
This book, "Red-Blooded American Male" by Robert Trachtenberg, brought me back to my teenage years and renewed my wonder towards photography. This book so very much reminded me of Vial's "Women", and I enjoyed flipping through each and every page over and over again. The little stories that accompanied some images helped the photo collection become that much more fantastic. Although, I did not previously know of this photographer, I am very glad to have been introduced to Trachtenberg, and to have been able to experience how he sees the world.
This book, "Red-Blooded American Male" by Robert Trachtenberg, brought me back to my teenage years and renewed my wonder towards photography. This book so very much reminded me of Vial's "Women", and I enjoyed flipping through each and every page over and over again. The little stories that accompanied some images helped the photo collection become that much more fantastic. Although, I did not previously know of this photographer, I am very glad to have been introduced to Trachtenberg, and to have been able to experience how he sees the world.