Global Faces: 500 Photographs from 7 Continents

by Michael Clinton

Photographer Michael Clinton offers us another breathtaking trip around the world, focusing this time on the people who make it so exciting. With over 500 beautiful images of people from the 115 countries he has visited, Global Faces is packaged for easy access and affordability and is the perfect traveling companion for globetrotters and armchair travelers alike. Organized by continent with convenient tabbing, Global Faces will amaze with so much content in such a compact package and is sure to succeed as the followup to Clinton's very successful Global Snaps (2005).

Genres: Photography

352 pages, Hardcover

First published September 21, 2007

About the author

Michael Clinton is the former President and Publishing Director of Hearst Magazines and is currently the special media advisor to the CEO of the Hearst Corporation. He is also a writer and photographer who has traveled to over 120 countries. He has appeared in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Town and Country, O, the Oprah Magazine and other national media.
Clinton is the Founder of Circle of Generosity, a nonprofit that grants random acts of kindness to those in need and serves on multiple nonprofit boards. His newest book, ROAR into the second half of your life (before it's too late!) is a manifesto on how to get the most out of your life experience in work, lifestyle and relationships. You can follow him at @maclinton on Twitter and @macglobetrotter on Instagram.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh...not bad, not great. Not really inspiring either.

[Heather · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book's foreword gives a good summary of its purpose, "[T:]his book is amazing . . . in that you see countries in these faces. It's unsettling how so often the portraits match your preconceptions of the countries they turn out to represent; and how often those preconceptions are exploded on the very next page . . . the subjects constantly surprise you." While I love the concept of this book, it just wasn't amazing in its execution. Often the photos are out-of-focus (and not in an artistic way--they're just out of focus), or are not very well composed; the organization is a bit confusing (the photos are organized by continent, but within each continent section the countries are introduced seemingly randomly, not organized alphabetically or by any other apparent organization system); and the book seemed to generally lack an artistic quality (in the way photos were arranged, the way the book was designed, etc.). Some of the photos are compelling, but it seemed like they were few in comparison to the total number of photos. I had high hopes for this book from the outset, but was left quite disappointed.