„An album of photographs, constructed of multiple images and negatives, reflecting the photographer‘s passion for saving the elephant and beautiful women. Other subject matter of a personal nature make up the rest of these collage-like photographs.” (Cat. Strand Book Store H-3, New York 1999. p. 75). - Nur Kurztitelaufnahme 12.1999.- Photographs, photomontages and collages with hand-written texts, photographs, painting and drawings by Peter Beard. Beautifully printed by EBS, Verona. Published on the occasion of the 1999 exhibition Peter Beard: Fifty Years of Portraits, curated by Peter T. Tunney, at the Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles. Out-of-print. A scarce and highly sought-after monograph of Beard's work. From the publisher: "Throughout his remarkable life, photographer, naturalist, and raconteur Peter Beard has befriended and photographed some of the most prominent figures of our times. Portraiture is woven into the fabric of all of Beard's work, yet to date this relationship has never been carved out and explored. From his earliest attempts at expression as a child to the mania for travel and adventure that overtook Beard as a young man, and onward to Beard's most recent work on assignment, portraiture is a central thread of Beard's career. Beard's "portraits," however, rarely conform to the traditional format of this genre. Instead, they embody spontaneity, the moments shared with intimate friends, and the adventurous lives and experiences to which he has long been attracted. A vital chronicler of our times, he has created memorable images of such icons as Picasso, Francis Bacon, Karen Blixen, Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Salvador Dali, and Mick Jagger, along with the last great safari hunters, such as J.A. Hunter, Phillip Percival, and Cape-to-Cairo Grogan."