Much Loved (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781419710124)

Award-winning photographer Mark Nixon has created a trove of quirky and nostalgic portraits of teddy bears and other stuffed animals that have been lovingly abused after years of play. MuchLoved collects 60 of these images along with their accompanying background tales. An exhibit in the photographer's studio led to a small sensation on the Internet when a few of the pictures circulated unofficially on scores of blogs and on many legitimate news sites. Viewers have been intrigued by the funny, bittersweet images and their ironic juxtaposition of childhood innocence and aged, loving wear and tear. When you see these teddy bears and bunnies with missing noses and undone stuffing, you can't help but think back to childhood and its earliest companions who asked for nothing and gave a lot back.

Praise for Much Loved:

"Much Loved is impossibly endearing in its entirety." --Brain Pickings



Author: Mark Nixon
ISBN-10: 1419710125
ISBN-13: 9781419710124
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Language: English
Published: 10/29/2013
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 7.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 11/25/2013
People Weekly 12/23/2013 pg. 58