Sandra Zarrinbal - Ingenious Encounters : World Tour to Nobel Laureates ebook DOC, MOBI
9783942597302 English 3942597306 An awe-inspiring photographic collection of the winners of the Nobel Prize; an emotive, thought-provoking and illuminating record of the personalities and minds behind this prestigious award Everyone has heard of the Nobel Prize, yet many are unfamiliar with the faces of those who have won the honor. One man (apart from King of Sweden), who knows all the living Nobel laureates personally is Peter Badge, who has spent thirteen years traveling the world, on commission to photograph these respected and illustrious luminaries.To date, the Berlin photographer has met and photographed more than 400 of them, usually in locations they have chosen and in natural and relaxed poses that seem to bring their character to the fore. Ingenious Encounters is a unique collection. Lavishly illustrated with some amazing photographs, it is also a travel book, as Badge's meetings with the Nobel laureates were far more than just photo shoots. He took a look behind the scenes, got to know the people behind the achievements, and found himself in unusual situations. Recorded are some memorable moments in time; as in the the comic interview with schizophrenic John Nash, who was so wonderfully portrayed in the film A Beautiful Mind. There was an element of personal risk when he found himself in Moscow without a valid visa, looking for Alexander Solzhenitsyn. And there was the emotive shoot of Bruce Merrifield, at the end of his life, literally on his death-bed. Badge accompanied JoseA Ramos-Horta on a state visit and Linda Buck, when she purchased her wedding dress: he overheard a tense telephone call between Frederik Willem de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. Badge is a talented photographer but more than that, he is a perceptive observer of human nature and an ingenious storyteller. He and Sandra Zarrinbal give the reader an insight into their professional international network, they also share the motivation, the thinking, the reservations, the hopes, and day-to-day details that underpin their work.The result is a collective portrait with real historical value. A must-have for anyone interested in taking a closer look at the minds and personalities of the scientists, writers and fighters for peace and liberty who have been honored with the Nobel Prize.", Personal accounts of Nobel Laureates in their private lives Photographic works commissioned by the Deutsches Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American History and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. In this one-of-a-kind collection, Peter Badge shows us the wonderful gifts that make Nobel Laureates unique and how they help us connect our interesting differences to our common humanity." - President Bill ClintonIn 2000, portrait photographer Peter Badge was commissioned to shoot the portraits of all living Nobel Laureates. His project has taken him around the globe to the private settings of over 400 Laureates, including physicists, medical scientists, economists, literati (Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Gunter Grass) and peace activists (Aung San Suu Kyi and Barack Obama)Badge was able to meet with his distinguished subjects from outside the public eye, thus giving him a distinct vantage point from which to photograph their portraits. Such experiences include his unforgettable moment with mathematician John Nash, whose life story became known worldwide through the film A Beautiful Mind, as well as his harrowing search for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow without a valid visa.Badge also accompanied, among others, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, then President of Timor-Leste, on state visits, and the neurophysiologist Linda Buck on a shopping trip for her wedding dress.As with his internationally acclaimed photographs, Badge recounts his stories with grace and humour, delving into the psyche and charisma of those he portrays. In collaboration with Sandra Zarrinbal, he has put together a highly personal and unusual travel report with previously unpublished photographs. The result is a journey of ideas through the people who form them."
9783942597302 English 3942597306 An awe-inspiring photographic collection of the winners of the Nobel Prize; an emotive, thought-provoking and illuminating record of the personalities and minds behind this prestigious award Everyone has heard of the Nobel Prize, yet many are unfamiliar with the faces of those who have won the honor. One man (apart from King of Sweden), who knows all the living Nobel laureates personally is Peter Badge, who has spent thirteen years traveling the world, on commission to photograph these respected and illustrious luminaries.To date, the Berlin photographer has met and photographed more than 400 of them, usually in locations they have chosen and in natural and relaxed poses that seem to bring their character to the fore. Ingenious Encounters is a unique collection. Lavishly illustrated with some amazing photographs, it is also a travel book, as Badge's meetings with the Nobel laureates were far more than just photo shoots. He took a look behind the scenes, got to know the people behind the achievements, and found himself in unusual situations. Recorded are some memorable moments in time; as in the the comic interview with schizophrenic John Nash, who was so wonderfully portrayed in the film A Beautiful Mind. There was an element of personal risk when he found himself in Moscow without a valid visa, looking for Alexander Solzhenitsyn. And there was the emotive shoot of Bruce Merrifield, at the end of his life, literally on his death-bed. Badge accompanied JoseA Ramos-Horta on a state visit and Linda Buck, when she purchased her wedding dress: he overheard a tense telephone call between Frederik Willem de Klerk and Nelson Mandela. Badge is a talented photographer but more than that, he is a perceptive observer of human nature and an ingenious storyteller. He and Sandra Zarrinbal give the reader an insight into their professional international network, they also share the motivation, the thinking, the reservations, the hopes, and day-to-day details that underpin their work.The result is a collective portrait with real historical value. A must-have for anyone interested in taking a closer look at the minds and personalities of the scientists, writers and fighters for peace and liberty who have been honored with the Nobel Prize.", Personal accounts of Nobel Laureates in their private lives Photographic works commissioned by the Deutsches Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the National Museum of American History and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. In this one-of-a-kind collection, Peter Badge shows us the wonderful gifts that make Nobel Laureates unique and how they help us connect our interesting differences to our common humanity." - President Bill ClintonIn 2000, portrait photographer Peter Badge was commissioned to shoot the portraits of all living Nobel Laureates. His project has taken him around the globe to the private settings of over 400 Laureates, including physicists, medical scientists, economists, literati (Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Gunter Grass) and peace activists (Aung San Suu Kyi and Barack Obama)Badge was able to meet with his distinguished subjects from outside the public eye, thus giving him a distinct vantage point from which to photograph their portraits. Such experiences include his unforgettable moment with mathematician John Nash, whose life story became known worldwide through the film A Beautiful Mind, as well as his harrowing search for Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in Moscow without a valid visa.Badge also accompanied, among others, the Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Jose Ramos-Horta, then President of Timor-Leste, on state visits, and the neurophysiologist Linda Buck on a shopping trip for her wedding dress.As with his internationally acclaimed photographs, Badge recounts his stories with grace and humour, delving into the psyche and charisma of those he portrays. In collaboration with Sandra Zarrinbal, he has put together a highly personal and unusual travel report with previously unpublished photographs. The result is a journey of ideas through the people who form them."