Best Selling Books by Bruce Weber

Examines Sparky Anderson''s early career as a baseball player in the minor and major leagues and his switch to being manager of the Detroit Tigers.

Relates a variety of sports mishaps, foul-ups and other weird moments.

A collector''s book features fourteen poster-quality, full-color pages of popular basketball stars, including Michael Jordan, Shaquille O''Neal, Alonzo Mourning, and more, including player profiles, stats, and a pull-out poster. Original.

Bruce Weber is one of the most recognized names in modern American photography. His trademark style, which emphasizes the intense and erotic in the human form, is certainly one of the most imitated. Although it was Weber who introduced male glamour into American culture, his true art revolves around the myth of the American dream, the unfettered individual depicted against the rawness of the land. Weber''s images bring physical sensuality to life amidst sun, air and simplicity. And -- because for the photographer, beauty is inconceivable without the innocence of youth -- much of his work depicts young, vital subjects. Although he is most widely known for his fashion and advertising photography, Weber is also an accomplished portraitist and landscape photographer. In Roadside America he takes us on a private trip that begins in New York City, travels south into the Everglades, and across the country to Montana and Hollywood. Intertwined are portraits of figures from the worlds of jazz, art, poetry and fashion, including Ella Fitzgerald, Ray Charles, Georgia O''Keeffe, Robert de Niro, Brad Pitt, and Kate Moss. Together these faces and places combine to offer a truly American experience from the quintessential American photographer.

Bruce Weber is the author of five previously published books of poetry: "These Poems are Not Pretty" (Miami: Palmetto Press, 1992), "How the Poem Died" (New York: Linear Arts, 1998), "Poetic Justice" (New York: Ikon Press, 2004), "The First Time I Had Sex with T. S. Eliot" (New York: Venom Press, 2004), and "The Break-up of My First Marriage" (Rogue Scholars Press, 2009).Bruce''s work has appeared in numerous magazines, as well as in several anthologies. He has performed regularly in the Tri-State area, both alone and for many years with his former performance group, Bruce Weber''s No Chance Ensemble.

This is an insight into the idiosyncratic flourishes which make a house into a home. Photographer Bruce Weber takes the reader around the world, looking at how creative individuals'' homes reflect their own particular personalities. Here are interiors and exteriors, panoramas and details: Siegfried and Roy''s tiger-striped (and tiger-filled) Las Vegas suite; Georgia O''Keefe''s ghost ranch in New Mexico; Chris Isaak''s childhood home in suburban California; the Duchess of Devonshire''s stately home in England; Andrew Wyeth''s Maine lighthouse retreat; and Weber''s own Montana ranch, among others.

"The book opens with a poem by SHERMAN ALEXIE. A new commission by SEAN THOMAS finds him back in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, documenting the teen rites of passage that pile up at the end of high school: senior prom, first romances, lazy summer jobs. Then Bruce Weber’s first story in the book: a profile of FATHER GREGORY BOYLE, founder of Homeboy Industries, the pioneering Los Angeles based gang intervention and rehabilitation program. From there All-American travels to Harlem with LISA EISNER, whose commissioned story about Amateur Night at the Apollo becomes a love poem to the vibrant neighborhood. Weber’s second story is a profile of the charming and eccentric MICKY WOLFSON, whose extraordinary collection of furniture, paintings, books, prints, and decorative objects became the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami, Florida. A portfolio of paintings by the Palm Beach society fixture RALPH WOLFE COWAN presents everyone from Doris Duke to Johnny Mathis to Princess Grace in the most ethereal and unexpected light. All-American traces one woman’s personal struggle for justice through exclusive images from the personal archive of EDITH WINDSOR, whose Supreme Court case resulted in the overturning of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) earlier this year. This story also features portraits by Bruce Weber and photographs by POPPY DE VILLENEUVE. All-American Volume Thirteen closes with an in-depth look at the world of professional motocross racing. Bruce Weber traveled this summer to Southwick, Massachusetts together with photographers JOHN SCOTT and MICHAEL JOHN MURPHY to capture stars like Ryan Dungey and James Stewart racing against a host of up-an-comers"--

A collection of team profiles that also highlights individual players.

This original tribute to the male nude combines photographs by Bruce Weber with drawings by the late Savannah, Georgia, artist Paul Stone. In their own distinctive ways Weber and Stone each convey the strength and emotional power at the heart of masculinity. Among the factors that unite both distinguished artists are an unparalleled appreciation for male athleticism and sensuality. Line, shading, color, and light mesh in fluid synchronicity. While carefully composed and precisely executed, these works all possess a compelling spark of creative spontaneity. Above all, the images reflect a sincere admiration for youth and beauty, an appreciation that is common to all periods of history. Layer upon layer of impressions guide us as we explore the heroic qualities of myth and legend, archetypes known in cultures since the dawn of humanity. Whether conveying virile manliness or boisterous boyishness, these majestic images will linger in the memory for quite some time.

Fascinating information includes profiles of the stars who make up the 1987 All-Pro team, an inside look at every major league club, player profiles, statistics, and exlcusive predictions about the ''88 season. Illustrated.

A visit with some Newfoundlands and the people whose lives they share. This photographic odyssey takes the viewer from New York and Saskatchewan stopping in Montana, California and Rome. The author captures the spirit of these massive dogs, who are known for their bravery and loyalty.

Independent arts journal published by photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber