Famous Pairs A Deliciously Absurd Collection of Portraits

by Sprecher, Jeannie; OBrien, Kim; Ariel Books

• ISBN13: 9780740754937
• ISBN10: 0740754939
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-01
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing

Summary

Ah, the ubiquitous art photography book with its boring pictures of boring celebrities. Not so, Famous Pairs. Still life with fruit? Not exactly. Think famous couples as fruit. Pears, more precisely. Photographer Jeannie Sprecher and writer Kim O'Brien have created a deliciously twisted take on celebrity photos and art photography. In Famous Pairs, they present some of our culture's most famous and infamous duos as pears. The result? A juicy collection ripe with funny social commentary. Don't worry. You'll have no trouble recognizing these couples. Bonnie and Clyde riddled with bullet holes. Adam and Eve confronting the apple. King Henry VIII beside a decapitated Anne Boleyn. Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky . . . Let's just say it's a good thing the artists used fruit as their medium. With artistic arrangements of shapely Anjous, Bartletts, Red Bartletts, and Boscs that will make your mouth water and rich four-color photography, Sprecher and O'Brien have assembled a unique collection that both skewers and rivals the most pretentious art photography books. After one taste, you will certainly agree. Another serving, please!

Author Biography

Owner and lead creative director of Sprecher Design House, Jeannie Sprecher lives in Santa Barbara, New York, and London. She spends her time photographing, designing, creating books, and canning fruit.
Kim O'Brien does marketing and design for a Santa Barbara-based publishing company and moonlights as a freelance writer. She loves all things pear-shaped, especially bean bag chairs and water balloons.


Owner and lead creative director of Sprecher Design House, Jeannie Sprecher lives in Santa Barbara, New York, and London. She spends her time photographing, designing, creating books, and canning fruit.
Kim O'Brien does marketing and design for a Santa Barbara-based publishing company and moonlights as a freelance writer. She loves all things pear-shaped, especially bean bag chairs and water balloons.


Ariel Books has consistently produced high-quality, small-format gift books with their contemporary style and content. They have established a successful track record in their Little Book, Tiny Tome, Quote-a-Page, Oblong, Monterey, Tuscany, and Spotlight gift book lines.