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James Dean: Fifty Years Ago
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 791.43028092
EAN: 9780810959033
ISBN: 0810959038
Label: Harry N. Abrams
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 128
Publication Date: April 19, 2005
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Studio: Harry N. Abrams
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Editorial Review:
Like a restless ghost, James Dean (1921-1955) continues to haunt us. Though he died nearly 50 years ago, the enigmatic star of East of Eden, Rebel without a Cause, and Giant still symbolizes the mystery and torment of adolescence-an image that his sudden, violent death fixed forever in the public mind. Magnum photographer Dennis Stock met Dean in Hollywood in 1954 and began to capture him on camera. Shot over a three-month period just as the young actor's star began to rise, these iconic photographs are the greatest pictures ever taken of Dean. Together with Stock's text and an introduction by Dean biographer Joe Hyams, the images provide an extraordinarily intimate view of the cult legend whose brooding good looks captivated fans by illuminating the troubled depths of his character. Published on the 50th anniversary of his death, this is the definitive photographic portrait of James Dean in both his professional and his private worlds-the real man behind the lingering legend. AUTHOR BIO: Dennis Stock has been associated with Magnum Photos since 1951, and his photographs are in the collections of many major museums. Stock is the author of 16 books, including California Trip, on the surrealistic landscape of that state. He lives in Connecticut. Joe Hyams is the noted author of 28 books, among them James Dean: Little Boy Lost, the definitive Dean biography. Immediately after Dean's death, he was the first authorized by the actor's family to write about him.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Splendid photos, faulty intro
I've given this oversize beauty a 4- rather than a 5-star rating only because of a major discrepancy between what Dean biographer Joe Hyams asserts in the introduction and what Dennis Stock relates in the text.
As Hyams tells it (with no lack of detail!), Stock took photos of Dean first in New York, then in Fairmount, Indiana, where Dean was raised by his aunt and uncle in the 1940's. In Stock's account, which is surely factual, the photo-taking began in Fairmount and ended in New York. ... Read More
Rating:  - James Dean is the coolest
i will say that this book show you how he star from the small town to the big city and then california
this is a clasic book that is going to be for generation , specially if you like James Dean
Rating: - BLACK AND WHITE AND COOL
My good friend, Carole, sent me a copy of an official publication from a JAMES DEAN fan club. Inside was a lengthy story she had written recounting the 1988 trip that she and six other "die-hard Dean fans" (including Jimmy's boyhood friend, Bob Pulley) made to California, during which I escorted the group to several of the prominent Dean-related sites in Los Angeles. Happily reliving those days through Carole's recollections, I was inspired to lose myself in my copy of Dennis Stock's JAMES DEAN ... Read More
Rating: - James Dean : Fifty Years Ago
Mr. James Dean who is featured in these pictures speaks for himself and what was lost when he was taken to his final resting place in Fairmount and what might have been.
Rating: - James Dean lives on
Was about time this book came out. These are some of the most beautiful JD photos. It's all I've got to say
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