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Two is an exquisite collection of captivating and thought-provoking photographs by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney that contemplate the essence of duality in our relationships and in the world that surrounds us. Edited and introduced by Pinney's friend, New York Times bestselling author Ann Patchett, the volume is filled with memorable images that encase rich stories: two children at play, a pair of aging friends, parent and child, couples in love. But deeper meanings can lurk in the margins of the frame, in the expressions in the eyes, in the disconnect of the connection. Photographs without human subjects bear their own mysteries: two nesting tea cups, an indoor pool, two chairs in autumn.Pinney, whose work is in the permanent collections of dozens of American museums, including the Metropolitan, MoMA, The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Getty, aims her lens at pairs—mostly, but not always human—that display or imply elusive connections of mind, of spirit, or of simply the act of being.

Patchett, whose enthusiasm for Pinney's vision helped bring this project to fruition, has paired the photographs with remarkable essays about the nature of two, commissioned from some of the best writers at work today: Edwidge Danticat, Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Russo, Elizabeth Gilbert, Susan Orlean, Alan Gurganus, Maile Meloy, Elizabeth McCracken, Jane Hamilton, and Billy Collins (who provides a beautiful poem celebrating "two creatures bound by wonderment.")

"I've always been interested in watching people together. I wonder what their story is, who they are to each other," Pinney writes in the preface. "No matter how uninspired I feel, how dull I think a place is, when I look at the world through a camera a new beginning takes place."

Filled with startling, sensitive images and nuanced prose, Two is an illuminating keepsake of human experience, at once universal and unique.

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Review:
“Melissa Ann Pinney’s remarkable photographs convey connection across every page: the mirroring of posture, mood and attention; the relationship between two bodies connected in conversation, spirit, focus or wariness.” (Washington Post)

“Together, the groupings of Two insinuate what is perhaps the most powerful pairing of all: that between the image and the written word.” (Boston Globe)

“There is a candid aesthetic to Pinney’s work. Even her posed photographs grant viewers a glimpse into lives-in-action... The accompanying essays, which delve into the nature of pairs and twosomes, make the book even more compelling.” (Shelf Awareness)

“These photographs are replete with silences the viewer cannot help but try to fill.” (Knoxville News)
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A visual and literary exploration of the unique dynamic of two

Two, a stunning collection of ninety images by award-winning photographer Melissa Ann Pinney, is a provocative, nuanced visual investigation of the relationship between two beings, whether they are relatives, friends, teammates, lovers, or strangers. With an introduction by bestselling novelist Ann Patchett, this beautiful volume contains exclusive literary contributions from ten of our finest contemporary writers on some aspect of two. Together, Pinney's powerful work and these extraordinary prose pieces present the multifaceted connection between beings that is at once wholly unique, yet universally understood.

with contributions by

Billy Collins
Barbara Kingsolver
Edwidge Danticat
Elizabeth McCracken
Elizabeth Gilbert
Maile Meloy
Allan Gurganus
Susan Orlean
Jane Hamilton
Richard Russo

With more than ninety full-color photographs

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  • PublisherHarper Design
  • Publication date2015
  • ISBN 10 0062334425
  • ISBN 13 9780062334428
  • BindingHardcover
  • Edition number1
  • Number of pages208
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