Redheads

Rating:
Summary: The Perfect Red
Review: I received this book as a birthday gift from an ardent admirer (OK, my friend Jim!) and we had a marvelous time moving from page to page and reading the sassy quotes of the beautiful men, women, and children.

The book now lives in my front room and has displaced all other photo journals by its very presence.

I concur with the woman who said, "I no longer worry about getting the perfect tan, I just glory in the perfect white"!

If you love or are a lover of redheads, this book will bless your home or office.

Rating:
Summary: From one "Carrot Top" to Another
Review: If you are one, this book is for you. If you are not one, (a redhead, of course), then you will see some beautiful photographs of various people, young to middle aged, women and males, short and long hair, but all of the hair is RED. Short first-person accounts by Barry Egan, Irmela Hannover, and the photographer, Uwe Ditz, are the only text in the book. But, to one who has lived through the experience of being a redhead by birth and genetics,this book is a gift; a rare confirmation that your experiences were real, predictable, and not uncommon. Three short prose essays expose the prejudices, superstitions, fears and nonsense, that surround the person who has a head of red hair, the fairest of complexions, and to some degree, the dreaded freckles.

If you are a redhead,you must have this book. If you love a redhead, consider giving it as a gift. You will be affirming the experience of someone close to you, whether male or female, child or adult.

Rating:
Summary: From one "Carrot Top" to Another
Review: If you are one, this book is for you. If you are not one, (a redhead, of course), then you will see some beautiful photographs of various people, young to middle aged, women and males, short and long hair, but all of the hair is RED. Short first-person accounts by Barry Egan, Irmela Hannover, and the photographer, Uwe Ditz, are the only text in the book. But, to one who has lived through the experience of being a redhead by birth and genetics,this book is a gift; a rare confirmation that your experiences were real, predictable, and not uncommon. Three short prose essays expose the prejudices, superstitions, fears and nonsense, that surround the person who has a head of red hair, the fairest of complexions, and to some degree, the dreaded freckles.

If you are a redhead,you must have this book. If you love a redhead, consider giving it as a gift. You will be affirming the experience of someone close to you, whether male or female, child or adult.

Rating:
Summary: What about Joel Meyerowitz?
Review: Let's be honest. Photographer Joel Meyerowitz has a book with the same name and subject. And even the format of the photos are the same (large format). But his book was edited before this. So, what does Uwe Ditz book have for you to say "never before..."????

Rating:
Summary: Not Bad
Review: Since there are very few books available that sing the praises of a redhead it's hard for me to dislike this book though I do prefer Joel Meyerowitz's, "Redheads" and Howard Schatz's "Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads" when it comes to redhead photography.

What I like about this book are fun facial expressions, the strict adherence to natural redheads, and most of all: the models' quips on being a redhead.

What I dislike about this book is the photographer's lack of creativity. Every single photograph is shot against a white background and (almost) every model is wearing a white shirt. I assume this was meant to focus the viewer's attention on each model's vibrant red hair. Many of the pictures consist simply of a model smiling at the camera. The lack of variety was a disappointment.

Rating:
Summary: Not Bad
Review: Since there are very few books available that sing the praises of a redhead it's hard for me to dislike this book though I do prefer Joel Meyerowitz's, "Redheads" and Howard Schatz's "Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads" when it comes to redhead photography.

What I like about this book are fun facial expressions, the strict adherence to natural redheads, and most of all: the models' quips on being a redhead.

What I dislike about this book is the photographer's lack of creativity. Every single photograph is shot against a white background and (almost) every model is wearing a white shirt. I assume this was meant to focus the viewer's attention on each model's vibrant red hair. Many of the pictures consist simply of a model smiling at the camera. The lack of variety was a disappointment.