I picked this up at the $10 sale as a gift for my sister, who is a professional photographer. The other review was quite promising, and the cover picture is an elegant portrait. Because of this, I assumed that it was a book of portraits, something that would make a good coffee table read, but reading it is like suffering through an acquaintance's mediocre photo album. The shots are mainly candid, colour, much wider frame than the one on the cover, small on the page, and altogether unimpressive. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone who wants a book with artistic photographs.