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Hollywood’s Hottest Young Male Stars Pose For New Limited-Edition Book
Portraits by John Russo Featured in New Publication by Pixie Press Worldwide
(BEVERLY HILLS, CA - October 2009) What do stars Jason Lewis (Sex and the City), Taylor
Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries), Chace Crawford (Gossip
Girl), and Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) have in common? They all make an appearance with
over 100 other celebrities, athletes, top models in About Face, a stunning limited-edition
book of portraits by top celebrity photographer John Russo, scheduled for a February 2010
release by Pixie Press Worldwide.
“There’s a bold, direct honesty to Russo’s Portraits.” – Greg Gorman
Cover, About Face
The 160–pages of black and white photographs shot with the soon-to-be-extinct Type 55
Polaroid film captures the intensity of the male subjects. The book has already grabbed the
attention of editors familiar with Russo’s ambitious project. As Metro Magazine remarks in their
advance praise for About Face, “Over the course of [About Face] a conversation between
the words and images emerges; the result is a book about aesthetics that is surprisingly
thought-provoking.”
L to R: Photographer John
Russo with actor, Clay Adler
Publisher/CEO Jordana
Woodland Goguen
According to Publisher Jordana Woodland Goguen, when Pixie Press Worldwide heard that
celebrity photographer John Russo was shooting a series of portraits with Type 55 Polaroid
film, she was intrigued. “When Russo showed us the first prints, we were struck by their
bold simplistic beauty and our About Face collaboration began,” explains Goguen. The
creative mission was to record the raw beauty, intrigue, and power of the male face. The
photographs in the book prove that their mission was accomplished. Although Type 55 film is
gone forever, it will live on through the timeless images in the book.
About Face is cloth bound, 160 pages, 10.25 x 12.50 inches, signed limited-edition of 1500
copies.
Pixie Press Worldwide - About Face is the first book published by Pixie Press Worldwide.
Established in 2009, Pixie Press Worldwide is dedicated to publishing unique photography
and coffee table books that emphasize beauty, innovation, and inspiration. A portion of the
proceeds of every book Pixie Press Worldwide publishes is given to charities that assist women
and children in need. To find out more, please visit www.PixiePressWorldwide.com
Model/actor Marco Dapper
Contact: Ayn Carrillo-Gailey, Editor-in-chief - [email protected], (310) 271-1999
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A partial list of the 100 models included in About Face:
Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Justin Chon (Twilight, New Moon),
Ingo Rademacher (General Hospital), Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Matthew Rhys
(Brothers & Sisters), Jason Lewis (Sex and the City), Justin Hartley (Smallville), Mark Wystrach
(Passions), Eric Winter (The Ugly Truth), James Tupper (Men In Trees, Mercy), Josh Henderson
(90210), Victor Webster (Melrose Place), Antonio Sabato Jr. (My Antonio), Will Estes (American
Dreams), Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ), Jerry O’Connell (Crossing Jordan), Travis
Actor Ryan Kwanten
Van Winkle (Transformers), Mark Forster (Director; Quantum of Solace, The Kite Runner,
Monster’s Ball), Adrian Bellani (Passions), Michael Ealy (Seven Pounds, ER), Jesse Metcalfe
(Desperate Housewives), Jesse Williams (Grey’s Anatomy, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2),
Matt Dallas (Eastwick), Enrique (Versace), Daren Kagasoff (The Secret Life of the American
Teenager), William Fichtner (The Dark Night, Crash, Entourage)...
Actor Chase Crawford
The following pages are UNEDITED excerpts
from About Face, a limited-edition book
of original portraits by famed celebrity
photographer John Russo. The entire collection
is available in 160 pages, 10.25 x 12.50 inches,
hard cover, cloth bound, with a U.S. release
date of February 11, 2010. aboutface
John Russo
About Face is the first book published by Pixie Press Worldwide. Established in 2009, Pixie
Press Worldwide is dedicated to publishing unique photography and coffee table books that
emphasize beauty, innovation, and inspiration.
We are pleased to share a portion of the proceeds of every book Pixie Press Worldwide
publishes to charities that assist women and children in need.
INTRODUCTION
When our Pixie Press Worldwide team heard that celebrity photographer John Russo was
There’s a bold, direct honesty
to John Russo’s portraits.
Greg Gorman
shooting a series of portraits with Type 55 Polaroid film, we were intrigued. As fate would
have it, we were searching for a project that would highlight the unique photographic
qualities of this soon-to-be-extinct film. When John showed us the first prints, we were
struck by their bold, simple, beauty and our About Face collaboration began. Ourcreative
mission was to publish a book that celebrated the raw beauty, intrigue, and power of
the male face. The photographs in this book prove that this mission was accomplished.
Although Type 55 film may be gone forever, it will live on through the timeless images in
this book. We hope you enjoy the labors of this dream as much as we have.
Jordana Woodland Goguen
Publisher
I am a firm believer that the eyes are the windows of the soul. They draw you in, seduce
you and leave you vulnerable.
What is it about the eyes that make them all so intoxicating? Do they speak to us? What
do they say? Do they tell us truths or do they deceive us with lies?
They possess a power that is unexplainable. They say everything without making a
sound. I have always been fascinated with eyes. Eyes tell me everything I want to know,
and many things I choose to ignore. They have lured me in, only to capture me and
make me their prisoner. They have made me laugh, cry, and have carved themselves in
my memory forever.
I have been completely overwhelmed by their beauty. Relinquished all of my strength
to make them stronger. I have drowned in their depths one too many times. They have
left me powerless, and at the mercy of... Are they really that strong? Or do we give them
their power? Are our emotions their fuel? The set of Blue that I once knew scared me,
leaving me empty.
Do I dare look into those eyes again? Is there a resolution? Did I have a false sense of
completion? I saw a doorway and chose to enter it, using selective focus to only see
what I wanted to see. I saw the light in those eyes and I walked toward it unknowingly,
without reservation and without fear. But my vision was blurred, I chose not to see what
was looking at me. Maybe I have taken the power back, maybe those eyes never had
the power at all. In my eyes, I am now complete...
John Russo
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Marguerite Gardiner
It’s beauty that captures your attention; personality
which captures your heart.
Author Unknown
29
Life is a journey, time is its distance, memory is
its map.
Author Unknown
A man finds room in the few square inches of the face
for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of
all his history and his wants.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
77
90
108
Treat a man as if he were what he ought to be and
you help him become what he is capable of being.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
130
A photographer is, above
all else, a person who is
passionately in love with
the world around him.
Ayn Carrillo Gailey
PHOTOGRAPHER
As one of the world’s top celebrity photographers, John Russo has photographed
the world’s most famous faces. His work has appeared on over 300 magazine
covers, including VOGUE, Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Glamour, Marie Claire, and GQ.
John Russo, a native of Ventnor, New Jersey, moved to Los Angeles in 1995, and through
his tenacious attitude, propelled himself to the forefront of Celebrity Photography. When
he is not shooting Hollywood’s brightest stars, he can be found teaching a Celebrity
Portraiture class at the prestigious Brooks Institute. John also teaches several workshops
a year around the world where he inspires, motivates and educates students. John
holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree from the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
and an Honorary Master’s Degree from Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, California.
John currently resides between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, California.
THE MODELS IN THIS BOOK
The publisher is grateful to the models featured in this book for their consent to reproduce the photographs herein. Their participation helps ensure that
a percentage of net profits from About Face will be donated to the charity Smile Train.
Ashkan Babzartabi
Michael Shank
Justin Baldoni
Jax Taylor
Ethan Erickson
Zach Gilford
Alex
Ian Somerholder
Keith Stone
Matt Isbell
Jack Cain
Taylor Kitsch
Chace Crawford
Mark Wystrach
Justin Chon
William Mullenneaux
Adrian Bellani
Arthur Okoun
Timothy Murphy
Eric Dearborn
Brennan Elliott
James Tupper
Ingo Rademacher
Adyr Villavicencio
Will Tant
Marc Forster
Michael Ealy
Jeffrey Casciano
Jason Muirbrook
Jason Lewis
Jerry O’Connell
Victor Webster
Quddus Philippe
Michael Trucco
Zachary Clark
Kelly Brock
Juan Antonio
Brandon Beemer
Victor Ross
Jim Caviezel
Josh Henderson
Enrique
Josh Pence
Brandon Quinn
Nick Hounslow
Justin Hartley
Travis Van Winkle
Brian Newman
Adam Driggs
Daniel Goddard
Zane Holtz
Luca
Hunter Cross
Gilles Marini
Justin Quinn
Antonio Sabato Jr.
Ethan Peck
Parker Young
Will Estes
Erik Fellows
Brian White
Max Hoffman
Nick Gamez
Garrett Hedlund
Scott Elrod
Noah Huntley
Marco Dapper
Colby J
Jesse Metcalfe
Clay Adler
Shane Nearman
William Fichtner
Michael
Marc Menard
BJ Williams
Daren Kagasoff
Chris Dattola
Davis
Ian Foulke
Ryan Kwanten
Greg Rikaart
Matthew Davis
Jesse Williams
Eric Winter
Matt Dallas
Sean Faris
Ryan Doom
Ryan Burns
Kyle Lowder
Peter Porte
Clay Parton
Dustin Christenson
Austin Victoria
Matthew Rhys
Jan-Michael Gambill
Noah Segan
Albert Reed
Adam Gregory
Ryan Burns
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