Legends 2

In this stunning collection of photos and essays, women writers pay tribute to some of the most influential women of our time. A follow-up to the popular photography book 'Legends', which profiled women of the twentieth century, 'Legends 2' moves into the twenty-first. These are the women who are changing the time. This collection of portraits reveals both writer and subject in fifty inspired pairings. Journalist Susan Orlean compares notes with Joan Didion, Orna Feldman marvels at Fresh Air’s Terry Gross, Elizabeth Hardwick rediscovers Zelda Fitzgerald, Lynn Hirschberg stirs pasta with sultry chef Nigella Lawson, and Coretta Scott King pens a tribute to revered stateswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton. You’ll also meet Venus and Serena Williams, Vera Wang, Norah Jones, Halle Berry, Christiane Amanpour, Raquel Welch, Donna Karan, Queen Latifah, and dozens more. Each piece is accompanied by a lush full-page duotone by such eminent photographers as Annie Leibovitz, Matthew Rolston, Brigitt LaCombe, and Michael Collopy. These fifty women come from all walks of life - art, politics, literature, fashion, science, and sports - but they all have one thing in common; they have made legendary contributions to the world.