Beautiful Disasters (English and German and French and Italian and Spanish Edition)

I do photography as a hobby and as a bit of a side job, I've shot since the late seventies semi-professionally, and I can honestly say, this man sets the bar for just about everybody out there. Extraordinary photos in a gigantic and well-printed volume that is certain to appreciate in value as time goes on. I cannot imagine the time it took to do the lighting and staging for most of these photos. For my money, one of the best photographers on the planet, and the images are truly awe inspiring. Buy it, you will not regret it.

Beautiful images of places and women that pique your interest for repeated viewing.

I also like "PINK MOMENT" Page 59 ,it's beautiful,gorgeous and gimmick. I am Japanese,so some day I would love to see his pictures taken in Japan.

It's overall a great book. David's capacity to capture (although of course most are posed) hidden "gems" within his photographs, is great. If you like mixed photography with an erotic idea, you should get this book.

If you love great fashion photography, you will love these images. Drebin follows in the tradition of Helmut Newton with his heightened sense of style - and sensuous women.

David Drebin's new book BEAUTIFUL DISASTERS is quite simply the best photography book I have seen in a long time. Even though the lavish book is quite huge with most of the photographs covering two pages with the exception of a foldout consisting of four pages, I kept wondering how these photographs would look blown up to wall size in a gallery. I suspect they would totally overwhelm the viewer with their grandeur. Many of them are quite overwhelming at this size. There is very little text provided and nothing about Mr. Drebin's technique. Before the advent of digital photography some of these photographs would have been made from two or more overlapping negatives. How this artist arrived at his finished photographs remains a mystery. On the other hand, how he got there is not as important as his results, which are outstanding. The photographs-- with some exceptions-- fall essentially into three groups: beautiful women, either singly or with one or two others (The Three of Us 2011, pp. 116-117); -- in this wonderfully stylized shot notice what the woman with the telephone is doing with her finger-- women who are very insignificant by their size posed inside a vast landscape (Beautiful Disasters 2012, pp. 62-63); and thirdly, vast landscapes/seascapes/cityscapes. So many of these are breathtaking: (Dreams of New York 2012, pp. 32-33; Capri Dreams, 2008, pp. 126-27; and Dreams of Central Park, pp. 52-53). Every photographer of leggy, sexy beautiful women who comes after the legendary Helmut Newton surely owes some of his success to him. This photographer is no exception. I would think he would be honored by the comparison. Some of the shots show Mr. Drebin's humor (Heels on Wheels 2012, pp. 168-169 as well as The Three of Us) while in others he captures the loneliness of inhabitants of the night, for instance (Girl Over Central Park 2012, pp. 34-35). In many of them it is all about the color (Pink Moment 2012, p. 59). Many of these women used as models are in lavish color are frightening beautiful. There is something for everyone here. There is even a shot of the actor Jeff Goldblum (Jeff Is Calling 2010, pp. 118-119). I wonder where the photographer found an outdoor phone for a prop in these days of cellular phones. I must say, however, that the photographs that move me most are those incredible grand shots of endless creation or of cities. My two favorites among many have to be the magnificent foldout of Jerusalem (pp. 43-46) and Heaven 2012, pp. 38-39). Those otherworldly shades of blue remind me of those majestic Smoky Mountains that are never far from my mind's eye. Words cannot adequately describe the sheer magic of these grand photographs that are so exquisitely printed as well.