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Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Alison Castle is the editor of numerous books on photography, film, and design, including The Stanley Kubrick Archives, Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs, Saturday Night Live: The Book, and Jacques Tati: The Complete Works.
Emily Oberman is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer whose work encompasses brand identity, motion graphics, publications, packaging, advertising, and digital. She is a partner in the New York office of Pentagram, the acclaimed international design studio, where her clients have included Saturday Night Live, Warner Bros., Netflix, Amazon, and many more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For the SNL fan
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5.0 out of 5 stars Art!
The Art of the SNL Portrait succeeds quite well as a celebration of Mary Ellen Matthews’ work. It offers strong visual moments, satisfying behind-the-scenes insight, and captures something of the weekly creative challenge that is often invisible to viewers. If you care about how SNL looks, how its visual identity is made week by week, this book is a gem.
4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning photos with a mid book layout
The photos are STUNNING but 2 things kept this from being 5 stars for me:1. A lot of the photos are two page spreads with the subject’s face lost in the gutter (center spine) of the book. What could have been gorgeous 2 page photos end up looking strange because half the image is hidden and it distorts the persons face. Considering the price of the book and quality of the photos I wasn’t expecting such a glaring layout misstep.2. There are no captions on any photo so if you want to know who is in the photo you have to go to the index at the back of the book and look them up. Not a huge deal - just more of a nuisanceOverall it’s worth getting for the ICONIC photos I’m just surprised such a pro photographer would allow the layouts I experienced
5.0 out of 5 stars Recipient enjoyed it
Got this as a gift and it was very well received.
3.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing photos but an unfortunate design team fail.
Marry Ellen Matthews is an AMAZING photographer. As a photographer myself, I've loved and admired her work from day one. I was so excited for this book so it pains me give it a less than stellar review with no fault to her. Ellen's brilliant work deserves nothing but the highest praise. As others have mentioned (no need for me to upload my same photo examples) the two page layouts are unforgivable from a design point. How does a team of designers look at this and decide it's okay to place the subject in the center of a two page fold? That's book design 101 and a rookie would even know better. It's a compete disservice to Ellen's work and I'm sorry for the celebrities who found themselves in the book with their head's and bodies caved in. I hope Ellen puts out another book but stays clear of the design team that put a damper on what would otherwise be a fantastic book.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great find
beautiful book and makes a good coffee table read
2.0 out of 5 stars I agree with the criticism...
I just received my copy of the book, and it's awesome, but I thoroughly agree with the main criticism... Why would you put the binding down many of the most memorable portraits? It ruins them! Quite a shame that such a poor layout decision takes away from an otherwise very cool book. I still look forward to having it sit on my coffee table.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great behind-the-scenes insights on SNL’s photo bumpers by Mary Ellen Matthews
I’ve been a fan of Mary Ellen Matthews’ SNL portrait photography, so I’ve been waiting patiently (for years) for this monograph of her work.This book doesn’t disappoint as it provides wonderful behind-the-scenes insights into Ms. Matthews’ creative process in producing the SNL bumper portraits each week. Since taking over as head SNL photographer from her mentor, the legendary Edie Baskin in 1999, these shots have evolved into telling their own stories and with new visual technologies, such as animation.As SNL creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels wrote in the book’s foreword: “Mary Ellen is both an artist and a star.”
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Description:
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Alison Castle is the editor of numerous books on photography, film, and design, including The Stanley Kubrick Archives, Linda McCartney: Life in Photographs, Saturday Night Live: The Book, and Jacques Tati: The Complete Works.
Emily Oberman is an award-winning multidisciplinary designer whose work encompasses brand identity, motion graphics, publications, packaging, advertising, and digital. She is a partner in the New York office of Pentagram, the acclaimed international design studio, where her clients have included Saturday Night Live, Warner Bros., Netflix, Amazon, and many more.
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5.0 out of 5 stars For the SNL fan
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5.0 out of 5 stars Art!
The Art of the SNL Portrait succeeds quite well as a celebration of Mary Ellen Matthews’ work. It offers strong visual moments, satisfying behind-the-scenes insight, and captures something of the weekly creative challenge that is often invisible to viewers. If you care about how SNL looks, how its visual identity is made week by week, this book is a gem.
4.0 out of 5 stars Stunning photos with a mid book layout
The photos are STUNNING but 2 things kept this from being 5 stars for me:1. A lot of the photos are two page spreads with the subject’s face lost in the gutter (center spine) of the book. What could have been gorgeous 2 page photos end up looking strange because half the image is hidden and it distorts the persons face. Considering the price of the book and quality of the photos I wasn’t expecting such a glaring layout misstep.2. There are no captions on any photo so if you want to know who is in the photo you have to go to the index at the back of the book and look them up. Not a huge deal - just more of a nuisanceOverall it’s worth getting for the ICONIC photos I’m just surprised such a pro photographer would allow the layouts I experienced
5.0 out of 5 stars Recipient enjoyed it
Got this as a gift and it was very well received.
3.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely amazing photos but an unfortunate design team fail.
Marry Ellen Matthews is an AMAZING photographer. As a photographer myself, I've loved and admired her work from day one. I was so excited for this book so it pains me give it a less than stellar review with no fault to her. Ellen's brilliant work deserves nothing but the highest praise. As others have mentioned (no need for me to upload my same photo examples) the two page layouts are unforgivable from a design point. How does a team of designers look at this and decide it's okay to place the subject in the center of a two page fold? That's book design 101 and a rookie would even know better. It's a compete disservice to Ellen's work and I'm sorry for the celebrities who found themselves in the book with their head's and bodies caved in. I hope Ellen puts out another book but stays clear of the design team that put a damper on what would otherwise be a fantastic book.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great find
beautiful book and makes a good coffee table read
2.0 out of 5 stars I agree with the criticism...
I just received my copy of the book, and it's awesome, but I thoroughly agree with the main criticism... Why would you put the binding down many of the most memorable portraits? It ruins them! Quite a shame that such a poor layout decision takes away from an otherwise very cool book. I still look forward to having it sit on my coffee table.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great behind-the-scenes insights on SNL’s photo bumpers by Mary Ellen Matthews
I’ve been a fan of Mary Ellen Matthews’ SNL portrait photography, so I’ve been waiting patiently (for years) for this monograph of her work.This book doesn’t disappoint as it provides wonderful behind-the-scenes insights into Ms. Matthews’ creative process in producing the SNL bumper portraits each week. Since taking over as head SNL photographer from her mentor, the legendary Edie Baskin in 1999, these shots have evolved into telling their own stories and with new visual technologies, such as animation.As SNL creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels wrote in the book’s foreword: “Mary Ellen is both an artist and a star.”
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