Rare Birds

by Marc Jacobs, Sophie Dahl, Amanda de Cadenet (Photographer)

Rare Birds , the first monograph by Amanda de Cadenet, is a ten-year retrospective documenting the provocative cast of characters she has encountered through the course of her life and travels. These intimate images, published here for the first time, present us with a disarming array of personalities. Defying superficial interpretation and representation, Rare Birds humanizes our pop culture idols, placing them alongside equally compelling people from everyday life.

Be it her daughter Atlanta, her boyfriend Nick, friends Keanu Reeves, Tobey Macguire, Benicio del Toro, Drew Barrymore, Orlando Bloom, Mischa Barton, Amber Valletta, Sophie Dahl, Amanda Peet, Dave Gahan, Jenny Saville, Beck, Sean Lennon, Kings of Leon, The Strokes, The Vines, Adam Green of The Moldy Peaches, and Brody Dalle of The Distillers, or the odd and unusual people she encounters on the street, Amanda de Cadenet’s photographs capture a subtle, ambiguous, and unconventional beauty.

Genres: Photography

128 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2005

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Reviews

[Kathie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Yeah, we could all get a photo book published if we had famous friends and we took pictures of them in various states of undress and intoxication. [Read: hey jealousy.]

[jenna · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cadenet has an interesting perspective. There's something about her photos that's very blunt and raw, but unlike a lot of photographers, I felt like you really feel her presence as a watcher. I found myself thinking more about her than the subjects of her photos; wondering about her and her relationships to the subjects. Maybe it's the way she labels the photos with first names, like "Keanu". Maybe it's the choice in photographs, often with the subject looking at her with intimacy instead of honesty, self-conscious objects. It struck me as pretentious, but fun to look at nonetheless. Regardless of my criticisms, it's an interesting world to explore, even in it's inauthenticity.

[Michele Rios Petrelli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice photography, some good shots of candid moments....

[Karah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I admire Amanda de Cadenet and her photographs. There is indeed a loveliness to her photographs. I MUST include these details: in Rare Birds, if you are an individual who yearns to see a plethora of multiculturalism, I don't encourage you to read this book. I saw ONE black woman, the only black person in the entire book. Sean Lennon and Keanu Reeves both have Asian ancestry. With all due respect, there are many variations of white people in this book.

In closing, I am still delighted that I now own a second book by Amanda de Cadenet. Her Instagram presents a vast spectrum of people. So a broadening of perspective has occurred.