Earthlings

I can't believe how many people are upset about something so petty as the photos running across a 2 page spread. I feel this format has worked well for many great street/documentary photography books, including Bruce Gilden's "Facing New York," Gilles Peress's "Telex Iran," and Jeff Mermelstein's excellent "Sidewalk." The 2-page spread really lets you see the detail in the pictures. Putting equivalent size images in a "landscape" page format would lead to one big unwieldy book. Anyways Richard Kalvar is a genius in subtlety, and the work in this book makes it definitely worth owning.

[[ASIN:2080300091 Earthlings]I love Richard Kalvar's photos. I am amazed that he is able to record people going about their regular lives - nothing is posed in any of his photos. And I particularly like the joy that spills from the scenes.Definitely a book to be kept close at hand to remind us we are all part of the human race!

Although the photographies are great, you can't enjoy at all because of the book design. Almost all photos are cut in the middle, just because they are printed at double page, ruining the photo...It should be better in a landscape design book... Not recommended to buy if you want to see the beauty of these images...It's a pity!

Kalvar's photos are worthy of being in a book. But I hate photo books that have the image going across both pages as a spread. That ruins the photograph completely!

The layout of the book is poor. Photos are double page spreads and against black backgrounds which I generally dislike.

This is an excellent photography book. It shows how the natural and the incongruous exist side by side.

Just when you thought the tradition of Frank, Cartier-Bresson, Winogrand and other modernist masters was a fading, flickering light, out of nowhere (or Paris, evidently) comes this brilliant collection of photographs! Poetic, wry, witty and complex, Kalvar's photographs limn the absurdity of life without resorting to sarcasm or slapstick. It's this tightrope act, and Kalvar walks it with grace. I disagree with reviewers that did not like the layout of the book... I think the layout enhances the experience of the work, giving the book a rhythm, and making the images flow like music. A must-have.

Just when you are in the last picture, you want to start all over again and again and...If you love everything that life offers and new ways to enjoy it, this is one of the best examples.(NOTE: Not a technical review since there are already very good ones posted)

A master of street photography delivers a book with work infused by humanism and humor. Worth every cent.Read it and next time you will walk in the street, with a camera in your hand, you will have Kalvars photographs running through your head.

Brilliant buy all round. Eveyone should buy a copy if they like the sureal side of photography. wonderful images and nice price too.

Magnifico esempio di street photograpy. Il volume raccoglie capolavori di questo bravo quanto poco conosciuto autore. Un volume assolutamente raccomandato per gli appassionati del genere.La spedizione da parte del fornitore (non amazon) richiede tempi un po' più lunghi di quelli abituali ma il libro è arrivato in perfette condizioni e nei tempi previsti.

Libro ben stampato.Buon prezzo.Kalvar è un fotografo dell'agenzia Magnum.Il suo stile di fotografia punta specialmente all'ironia e al surreale.Ok