This award winning photography book presents sixty remarkable portraits of contemporary sculptors. Each one is paired with an image of the sculptor's work and a concise text. Both established and emerging artists are represented, among them: Marisol, George Segal, and Magdalena Abaknowicz. Curator Nick Capasso's 2400-word introduction addresses these portraits in the context of the contemporary sculpture. Photographer/writer Ricardo Barros recounts several of the portrait-making experiences and traces the development of his personal vision in a 5000-word Photographer's Afterword.

Reviews

Each of these portraits has clearly been thought through differently – composed differently, lighted differently – reflecting the collaborative nature of his work with the sculptors Mr. Barros has chosen to portray. ... He seems to know that a certain degree of critical tension will give liveliness and complexity to his images, but he lets the tension remain a nuance. ... Like a good critic who draws you deeper into the art – who, by making you feel the limits of mere criticism, renews your appetite for the art itself – Mr. Barros succeeds in raising curiosity about these sculptors and their work.

Barry Schwabsky,
The New York Times
(1999 SCULPTORS Exhibition)