Most Popular Books by Bruce Weber

At first I thought strictly about a book of photographs on fashion. As I worked on it, I thought more and more about something my friend the late, great fashion designer Gianni Versace once said, in giving me advice before an assignment, ''Call me des mode, but give me beauty''. And with these inspired words I wanted to make a record of how I journeyed out into the world and recorded what most people call fashion. These photographs were not just about the shape of clothes, but also how one sees fashion in nature, architecture, and in the human spirit.

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.

"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"--

This biography of the 1993 National League Most Valuable Player chronicles the life and career of the San Francisco Giant outfielder and includes statistics, highlights, and photographs. Original.

Poster-sized photographs and text portray fifteen pairs of professional basketball players from teams such as the Lakers, Jazz, 76ers, and Kings.

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.

A look at the career of the former baseball superstar describes how Williams finished a season with a batting average of .400 or better, was named the American League''s Most Valuable Player in 1946 and 1949, and his stats. Original.

Diagrams and instructions for mastering more than twenty advanced yo-yo tricks plus a review of the basics.

As with all of Bruce Weber''s short story books, the settings for these tales span the globe, from the leafy suburbs of Scarsdale, New York to the steamy jungles of Laos, from the desert canyons of the Southwest to tiny villages in northern France, and from a stuffy apartment in Tel Aviv to the banal suburbs of Las Vegas. But settings are no more than stages for the same dramas enacted daily by people around the globe. Driven by love or lust, greed or compassion, hate or mercy, they act out in their individual lives the destiny of our race, adding their unique contributions to the ongoing Human Comedy.

The arts and crafts co-founder of the Byrdcliffe Art Colony in 1903.

Full-page profiles, biographical data, and special-feature articles of fourteen NFL superstars. Features Steve Young, Emmitt Smith, Thurman Thomas, Jerry Rice, Michael Irvin, Keith Jackson, Reggie White, Rod Woodson, etc.

A stylish and provocative collection of stories by Weber - both photographic narratives and text/photo combinations.