Inspired by the idea that one of the greatest gifts one generation can give to another is the wisdom it has gained from experience, multi-award-winning photographer and filmmaker Andrew Zuckerman has recorded the thoughts and ideas of fifty of the world's most prominent over 65-year olds, and captured 50 unique and original portraits.
The resulting book provides an extraordinary legacy for the generations that follow and is a testament to the talent of one of photography's brightest new stars. Some of the extraordinary people included are: Chinua Achebe, Madeleine Albright, Buzz Aldrin, David Amram, Alan Arkin, Burt Bacharach, Dave Brubeck, Dick Bruna, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Chuck Close, Billy Connelly, Terence Conran, Bryce Courtenay, Judi Dench, Clint Eastwood, Malcolm Fraser, Frank Gehry, Jane Goodall, Vaclav Havel, John Hume, Ted Kennedy, Billie Jean King, Henry Kissinger, Jimmy Little, Esther Mahlangu, Nelson Mandela, Kurt Masur, Willie Nelson, Nick Nolte, Michael Parkinson, Jacques Pepin, Rosamunde Pilcher, Mary Quant, Robert Redford, Vanessa Redgrave, Ravi Shankar, Wole Soyinka, Desmond Tutu.
Author Biography
Andrew Zuckerman was born in Washington D.C. in 1977. After an internship at The International Centre of Photography in New York, he attended New York's School of Visual Arts to study photography and film, and graduated in 1999. His photography and film work has been commissioned extensively for numerous brands throughout the world and has received many awards including the D&AD Yellow Pencil award for excellence in photography. Andrew's first film, High Falls, premiered at The Sundance Film Festival in 2007 before going on to win Best Short Narrative at the Woodstock Film Festival. Creature (HC, 12/07).