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A collection of 100 inspired and surprising portraits of celebrities and everymen alike from the award-winning photographer Robert Trachtenberg.Paul Rudd checking out the merchandise . . . Jimmy Kimmel playing dress up . . . Jack Black getting a one-of-a-kind pedicure . . . Elon Musk unveiling his newest Tesla . . . Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David taking a coffee break. . . . From leading men to comedians, ballet dancers to quarterbacks, war veterans to Broadway veterans, Red-Blooded American Male features more than 100 imaginative, striking, and sexy portraits from award-winning photographer Robert Trachtenberg. Pithy captions about each shoot accompany the photographs, giving readers a peek behind the curtain of a famed portrait photographer's creative process and his world-renowned photographs.
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Robert Trachtenberg's photographs have appeared in Esquire, Vanity Fair, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone among other publications. Advertising clients include NBC, CBS, ABC, TNT, TBS, Disney, MGM and HBO.
Trachtenberg's photos have been selected for numerous awards including the American Photography Annual, Communication Arts, and American Photo Magazine's Images of the Year.
Trachtenberg has written, produced and directed several documentaries. On Cukor was the first feature-length film on legendary Hollywood director George Cukor. Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer profiled the life and work of the innovative filmmaker. Both films were produced for the PBS series American Masters. For Turner Classic Movies, Trachtenberg wrote, produced and directed the Emmy nominated Cary Grant: A Class Apart, as well as a film on Hollywood pioneer Irving Thalberg. Other specials directed and produced by Trachtenberg have starred Alec Baldwin, and Gene Wilder, as well as the eight-part series, Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence, and AFI's Master Class - The Art of Collaboration, with guests Steven Spielberg, composer John Williams, actor Mark Wahlberg and director David O. Russell among other guests.
Trachtenberg is the winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Direction for his American Masters film, Mel Brooks: Make a Noise. He is also the author of the bestselling book, WHEN I KNEW, published by Harper Collins. His most recent film for PBS is the Emmy nominated Bing Crosby: Rediscovered.
