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Steve Schapiro. The Godfather Family Album. 40th Ed.

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As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro witnessed legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. This book gathers more than 300 of Schapiro’s finest photographs to take us behind the scenes of this epic cinematic saga.
Hardcover6.5 x 8.8 in.2.53 lb512 pages
“An epic book that befits an epic film.”
Arena
“In this family album, the Corleones come together to reveal some behind the scenes magic from the making of this masterpiece, with Coppola admitting "if we had another two weeks, it'd be great!" We'll settle for this coffee table memorial.”
Dazed & Confused
“An album you can’t refuse.”
Vanity Fair
Steve Schapiro. The Godfather Family Album. 40th Ed.

Steve Schapiro. The Godfather Family Album. 40th Ed.

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An Offer You Can’t Refuse

Behind the scenes of Coppola’s masterpiece

“It’s dangerous to be an honest man.”
Michael Corleone, Godfather III

As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalized Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton in photos that have since become iconic images, instantly recognizable and endlessly imitated.

Gathered together in this book are Schapiro’s finest photographs from all three Godfather films, lovingly reproduced from the original negatives. With contextual essays and interviews covering the trilogy in its entirety, this book contains over 300 color and black-and-white images. Schapiro’s images take us behind the scenes of this epic and inimitable cinematic saga, revealing the director’s working process, capturing the moods and personalities involved, and providing insight into the making of movie history.
The photographer

Steve Schapiro’s career as a freelance photojournalist started with a story on Arkansas migrant workers that made the cover of the The New York Times Magazine in 1961. Since then, his images have appeared in Life, Look, Time, Newsweek, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and many other publications. In the 1970s, he began a second career as a successful publicity stills and movie poster photographer, working on classic films such as Taxi Driver, The Way We Were, and The Godfather—which can be seen in The Godfather Family Album (TASCHEN, 2008). In 2016, he collaborated with Lawrence Schiller on a Barbra Streisand book (TASCHEN) and in 2017, his Civil Rights photographs were combined with the text of James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time (TASCHEN). He died in 2022.

The editor

Paul Duncan is a film historian whose TASCHEN books include The Star Wars Archives, The James Bond Archives, The Charlie Chaplin Archives, The Godfather Family Album, Taxi Driver, Film Noir, and Horror Cinema, as well as publications on film directors, film genres, and movie stars.

Steve Schapiro. The Godfather Family Album. 40th Ed.
Hardcover16.5 x 22.4 cm1.15 kg512 pages

ISBN 978-3-8365-8064-9

Edition: English

ISBN 978-3-8365-8493-7

Edition: French
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A beautiful homage to one of my favourite films

Tomás,October 28, 2021
A beautiful homage to one of my favourite films. I've watched The Godfather countless times and it is just so refreshing so see all these new angles and takes on the film. Added to my personal Taschen collection.

Insights into the making of a great classic

Sibilla,October 27, 2021
A masterpiece film needs a book companion to capture the beyond the scene story and heighten the next viewing