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EVERYWHERE Mil Besos Colombian-born photographer Ruven Afanador pays homage to the flamenco dancers of southern Spain's Andalusia region in his monograph of striking black-and-white images published by Rizzoli...
...Many readers saw striking resemblances in Ruven Afanador's stark cover photograph of Johnny Cash. "That magnificent face had the appearance of one of America's Founding Fathers or a pioneer who pushed westward over the Appalachian Mountains," wrote a Floridian. Asked a woman from New Jersey: "Was that a picture of Cash or of another musical icon, Ludwig van Beethoven?" And a Rhode Islander offered her thanks "for the wonderful cover portrait of Cash. It is as beautiful as a Rembrandt etching and as welcome as a snapshot from a friend...
COVER: Photograph by Ruven Afanador--Corbis Outline
...Afanador began his project believing that people who are comatose remained completely motionless. "But while I was doing the picture that is now on the cover," he says, "Christine Busalacchi opened her eyes and seemed to smile at me. It had a dramatic effect on me, but it didn't change my attitude about allowing these patients...
Cover: Photograph by Ruven Afanador...