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A look inside the volumes that push the creative boundaries of art on paper

By American Photo Staff Posted January 13, 2009

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Stars and Cars of the '50s
by Edward Quinn (teNeues, $95)
This is a celebration of 1950s glamour, when luxury cars were grand and curvaceous and movie stars were built to last. Quinn photographed the cultural elite -- including the likes of Pablo Picasso and Prince Philip, as well as the requisite screen idols -- making the scene in their Aston-Martins, Mercedes-Benz's, and Ferraris. "Nothing says 'You've made it's like getting glammed up and going for a spin," reads the intro, and nobody does it better than these legends. -- j.c.

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