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From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People & Places
"From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People and Places," is an award-winning photo book featuring an eclectic cast of characters all photographed "From Behind" in various locations around the world.
"From Behind" is a fun, and sometimes freaky, book of inference. Filled with hidden-face folks sporting back tats, t-shirt sayings, interesting hair-don'ts, and questionable fashion choices... "From Behind" is arm-chair people watching at it’s finest!
"From Behind" is a fun, and sometimes freaky, book of inference. Filled with hidden-face folks sporting back tats, t-shirt sayings, interesting hair-don'ts, and questionable fashion choices... "From Behind" is arm-chair people watching at it’s finest!
137 pages, Paperback
Published December 13, 2018
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December 15, 2018
From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People & Places
by David Jerome is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary.
This is an art/photography book showing people and their backgrounds from behind. At first I just glanced through and didn't see what the artist wanted the reader wanted us to see. I slowed down and and looked at them again and noticed things I didn't see the first time and enjoyed it more. Some of them I still just thought were just "pictures".
by David Jerome is a book I requested from NetGalley and the review is voluntary.
This is an art/photography book showing people and their backgrounds from behind. At first I just glanced through and didn't see what the artist wanted the reader wanted us to see. I slowed down and and looked at them again and noticed things I didn't see the first time and enjoyed it more. Some of them I still just thought were just "pictures".
October 12, 2018
A pictures book were photography have been taken from a different perspective, from behind people or event. It make you think just how often we saw the world through our «front» perspective, but at the same time were also always behind something else. So a good guest about perspective and thinking differently. Unfortunately, the photography quality are just ordinary and in the end it mostly picture of the back of people, some have a deeper reflexion and originality, but too few to really made it interesting. Good idea but just not good enough in the execution!
January 27, 2019
Reviewed by Susan Violante for Reader Views (1/19)
“From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People and Places,” by David Jerome is definitely one of the most unique story-telling perspectives I have ever encountered. The author, a writer and photographer, presents to his audience a collection of pictures of people and places all taken from behind. From funny remarks on T-shirts to a naked person, this book reflects a broad variety of people, lifestyles, physical images, hair-dos, and personalities as the reader looks at the pictures from the photographer’s point a view. These pictures are as colorful as the subject and place of each photo.
Each page contains a different picture. There is no specification or detail on the pages, basically the photo does the talking for the author. The formatting of the book is such that it lacks an introduction and chapters. However, after 249 pages of photos, the reader will find a witty line index of some of the pictures, followed by the photo index of the pictures contained in this book.
David Jerome is an accomplished photographer with a keen eye for finding characters with stories that can somehow come through without writing one word. I enjoyed imagining who they were, and what kind of life they lived by their picture from behind. It is amazing how much I could come up with in my mind without looking at their faces, and I wonder how much of what I imagined could be true. I loved this perspective and had a lot of fun with it. But I also found it to have a deeper message than what I expected as I wondered what others could come up with about me by one moment in time on any given space judging with this ‘from behind’ angle.
Having said that, I did wish that the author would have invested in a hard-cover, larger format when publishing this project, as I think the smaller paperback book took away from his concept and did not give justice to the photos. I also would like to have seen more structure to guide the reader from one place to another, from one character to another to give some flow to the eclectic randomness of the pictures. Finally, I was glad the author included the comments and photo index, but if they would have been included next to or underneath each picture, it would have been a better experience for the reader as they did complement each picture.
Overall, I loved the concept of David Jerome’s, “From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People and Places,” and truly enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it as a unique and eclectic conversation piece!
“From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People and Places,” by David Jerome is definitely one of the most unique story-telling perspectives I have ever encountered. The author, a writer and photographer, presents to his audience a collection of pictures of people and places all taken from behind. From funny remarks on T-shirts to a naked person, this book reflects a broad variety of people, lifestyles, physical images, hair-dos, and personalities as the reader looks at the pictures from the photographer’s point a view. These pictures are as colorful as the subject and place of each photo.
Each page contains a different picture. There is no specification or detail on the pages, basically the photo does the talking for the author. The formatting of the book is such that it lacks an introduction and chapters. However, after 249 pages of photos, the reader will find a witty line index of some of the pictures, followed by the photo index of the pictures contained in this book.
David Jerome is an accomplished photographer with a keen eye for finding characters with stories that can somehow come through without writing one word. I enjoyed imagining who they were, and what kind of life they lived by their picture from behind. It is amazing how much I could come up with in my mind without looking at their faces, and I wonder how much of what I imagined could be true. I loved this perspective and had a lot of fun with it. But I also found it to have a deeper message than what I expected as I wondered what others could come up with about me by one moment in time on any given space judging with this ‘from behind’ angle.
Having said that, I did wish that the author would have invested in a hard-cover, larger format when publishing this project, as I think the smaller paperback book took away from his concept and did not give justice to the photos. I also would like to have seen more structure to guide the reader from one place to another, from one character to another to give some flow to the eclectic randomness of the pictures. Finally, I was glad the author included the comments and photo index, but if they would have been included next to or underneath each picture, it would have been a better experience for the reader as they did complement each picture.
Overall, I loved the concept of David Jerome’s, “From Behind: A Peculiar Perspective of People and Places,” and truly enjoyed it. I definitely recommend it as a unique and eclectic conversation piece!
July 15, 2020
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From Behind is a photo book featuring an eclectic cast of characters taken in locations far and wide From Behind.
My honestly opinion:
Nope - just people from behind ... I don´t need that, so no recommendation, save your money! It´s only photos, no design, no text, no nothing!! only for hardcore fans!
Note: ´sorry, no grades today!!!
Thanks for the ARC
From Behind is a photo book featuring an eclectic cast of characters taken in locations far and wide From Behind.
My honestly opinion:
Nope - just people from behind ... I don´t need that, so no recommendation, save your money! It´s only photos, no design, no text, no nothing!! only for hardcore fans!
Note: ´sorry, no grades today!!!
Thanks for the ARC
April 12, 2019
A mixed bag, but an overall enjoyable one. Some pictures and juxtapositions didn't work for me, but I appreciated the artist's vision. Recommended if you'd like a quick glance at the world from another perspective!
I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.
I received a digital ARC from the publisher via Netgalley.
October 2, 2025
This is a unique and original
photography book.
Taking random
pictures of people
from all over the world,
but from behind.
Often the subject is un aware
of the picture being taken.
A wonderful look
at the myriad people who
make up the world.
photography book.
Taking random
pictures of people
from all over the world,
but from behind.
Often the subject is un aware
of the picture being taken.
A wonderful look
at the myriad people who
make up the world.
October 22, 2018
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
And oddly delightful book showing that people come in all shapes and sizes.
And oddly delightful book showing that people come in all shapes and sizes.
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