The Godfather Family Album, Art Edition A
An offer you can't refuse
Never-before-seen photos of Coppola's masterpiece
Selections from Steve Schapiro's photographs provide an insider's view of the making of the legendary trilogy. This Art Edition is limited to 100 numbered copies, each signed by Steve Schapiro, and comes with one of two pigment prints: Don Vito Corleone: A Man of Reason (Marlon Brando) (14 x 11 in. / 35.56 x 27.94 cm).
Don Vito Corleone: A Man of Reason (Marlon Brando)
Pigment print, limited to 100 numbered copies, each signed by Steve Schapiro
Imagine the experience of witnessing renowned actors as they made their most memorable performances. Steve Schapiro has had such a privilege as special photographer on some of American cinema’s most beloved movies. For Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, Schapiro immortalized actors such as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton. His photographs of the Godfather holding the cat and the whisper in the Godfather’s ear have become iconic images known throughout the world. Brought together in a book for the first time is a vast selection of images from all three Godfather films, reproduced from Schapiro’s original negatives.
This lavish, limited edition book, which also includes background articles and interviews about the films, contains over 400 color and black & white images, most of which have never been published before. It allows fans a privileged peek behind the scenes at the making of film history and it truly is a once-in-a-lifetime offer you can’t refuse.
About the photographer:
Steve Schapiro is a distinguished journalistic photographer whose pictures have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Look, Paris Match, and People, and are found in many museum collections. He has published two books of his work, American Edge and Schapiro's Heroes. In Hollywood he has worked on more than 200 motion pictures; his most famous film posters are for Midnight Cowboy, Taxi Driver, Parenthood, and The Godfather Part III.
About the editor:
Paul Duncan has edited 50 film books for TASCHEN, including the award-winning The Ingmar Bergman Archives, and authored Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick in the Film Series.
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The Godfather Family Album, Art Edition A
Steve Schapiro, Paul Duncan
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