An extensive and dynamic collection of portraits by fashion photographer Platon. An extensive and dynamic first collection of celebrity portraits by British-born, New York-based fashion photographer Platon, a major rising star in the photography world. Includes celebrities from both the US and the UK, including Al Pacino, Angelica Houston, Jesse Jackson, David Beckham, Bill Clinton, George Bush Sr, Monica Bellucci and Samuel L Jackson. Features a range of celebrities from the film, music and fashion industries as well as sportsmen and politicians of the last decade. Both glossy and edgy, the sequence of straight portraits and documentary work parallels today's fascination with the cult of fame and power and its explosion in the media. Includes behind-the-scenes anecdotes of each shoot and Platon's relationship with the sitter