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Men as Seen Through the Lens of John Russo

The first release from boutique publisher Pixie Press Worldwide, About Face, is 160 pages of handsome. Top celebrity photographer John Russo (GQ, Elle, Esquire) spent four years on his latest project, capturing the manly visages of Hollywood models and actors. Utilizing obscure Type 55 Polaroid film, Russo's subjects were shot sans make up in natural light, enabling the capture these stark, surprisingly arresting, stripped-down images. Since the project's beginning, many of the then-relatively unknowns - Ryan Kwanten (True Blood), Gilles Marini (Brothers & Sisters), and Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries) - have gone on to become break-out stars.

Focusing strictly on limited-run coffee table books, Pixie Press Worldwide was founded in 2009 by Jordana Woodland, the youngest female Publisher/CEO of a brick and mortar publishing house. The United States' newest publishing house may very well be one of its most its most environmentally-minded: all books are printed with vegetable-based inks on recycled paper and manufactured using 100% wind-power.

As if page after page of gorgeous men isn't enough to bring a smile to readers' faces, a portion of profits from About Face will be donated to Smile Train, an organization providing free surgeries to children with lip and cleft palate deformities.


About Face is available at www.PixiePressWorldwide.com