Caught in the Act: Actors Acting

By Owen Edwards and Howard Schatz

Actors fascinate us in part because they live out the truths we cannot - or do not - want to live out ourselves. In his latest book, acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz develops upon his well-received monthly feature for Vanity Fair, "In Character." Schatz' mastery of his craft is demonstrated as he himself acts, taking on the role of a director and giving his subjects detailed situations to explore, which are listed with the resulting image.

The actors featured here - including John Malkovich, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Douglas, Colin Firth, Laurence Fishburne, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael C. Hall, Hugh Laurie, Amy Poehler, and Geoffrey Rush, among other illustrious greats - demonstrate their skill for improvisation while Schatz captures the complexity of their emotional and physical range. This inventive collection is a richly entertaining revelation of the fantasy of transformation. Schatz does not simply create characters from these actors - he helps to reveal their humanity.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985169699
• ISBN13: 9780985169695
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: G Inc.
• Length: 303 Pages
• Weight: 7.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 12.3" x 12.3"