"For the lover of peopled enigmas and tonally rich photos splashed big across two pages, this book is a find, a breath of contemplative art in a fast-forward video world. Alexanian's pictures are metaphors. Read them like poems." The Boston Globe

"I believe we, reportage photographers of the human condition, have a moral duty to get as close as we can to the people we photograph and to draw attention to all the dignity in the world, as Nubar Alexanian has managed to do so well in this book. It gave me immense pleasure to see my Latin- American people portrayed with so much tenderness." Sebastiao Salgado

"...an authentic expression of our geography and our people making at the same time a personal statement which is artistically original and morally compelling." Mario Vargas Llosa

In 1996 his second book, "Where Music Comes From", was published by Dewi Lewis Publication, Manchester, England. This work, his first major color project, explores what inspires the great musicians of our time, documenting the creative processes of musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Philip Glass, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon and others. In 1997 it was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of the best and most inspirational books for young adults.

"Nubar Alexanian, after a five-year trek across the music landscape, has done his finest work, including such diverse music personalities as Philip Glass, Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis, the Roches, Paul Simon, Junior Wells and Emmylou Harris. To prepare for this project the photographer bought their music, listened to it all, watched them rehearse and perform, hung out with them, and finally, photographed them. Alexanian's photographs are brilliant, imaginative, compelling and very moving." - "The Picture Professional" by Fred & Gloria McDarrah

"I can name only a small handful of photographers now plying their trade who share Nubar's passion (for his craft and his subjects) while at the same time retaining what amounts to an unswerving committment to "pure photojournalism," a style of reportage in the finest documentary tradition." David Friend, Director of Photography, Life Magazine

He has collaborated with filmmaker Errol Morris on his last two films, "Fast Cheap & Out of Control" and "Dr. Death: The Rise & Fall of Fred A. Leutcher." In 1974 he was co-founder of the Essex Photographic Workshop, one of the most successful residential programs in photography in Essex, Massachusetts. Since then he has conducted workshops all over the world including ICP in New York and Gaudi School of Photography in Peru.

His new book, "Gloucester Photographs," will be available in October of this year. With this work, he documents every day life in the neighborhoods of Gloucester, Massachusetts, America's oldest seaport, where he lives.

His work is regularly featured in international magazines including The New York Times; Life; GEO; The London Sunday Times; American Heritage, Audubon, Premiere and others.

Email: nubar@nubar.com
Website: www.nubar.com