Portrait of Newfoundland breed and their owners. One of the most popular titles in Bruce Weber's rare book collections. 

Release year: 1994

Binding: Hardcover

Pages: 224 pages

Size: 12.20 x 9.65 x 1.30 in (31 x 24.5 x 3.3 cm)

Publisher: Bulfinch Press

Edition: 1st Edition

Condition: Good(vintage), Small mark on the front cover

One of the most expansive, thorough and beautiful explorations of the relationship between man and his best friend, “Gentle Giants” focuses almost entirely upon the Newfoundland breed and the owners, trainers and breeders who hold them dear. Bruce Weber photographed these enormous dogs over the course of two years, at homes and kennels in Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, California, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Saskatchewan – even at the Colosseum, Villa Borghese gardens and Piazza Navona fountain in Rome. Interspersed with these photographs and interviews with the dogs’ adoring owners are essays by Bruce Weber and texts by Eugene O’Neill, Carl Sandburg, Zane Grey, James Baldwin, C.Z. Guest, Will James, Joseph Conrad, Lord Byron and Patti Smith.