I am writing a book on glamour, understood not as a particular style but as a specific imaginative, emotional process that takes many different forms, depending on the audience and context. The Free Press, which also published The Future and Its Enemies, will be publishing the book, most likely in 2010.
The Politics of the Retouched Headshot "In an image-savvy culture, wešre increasingly forced to consider just what constitutes a valid portrait"
TheAtlantic.com, October 16, 2008
The Peril of Obama The glamour of Obama may be hard to resist, but could it get the country into trouble if he wins the presidency?
TheAtlantic.com, April 3, 2008
Beautiful Minds On television shows like CSI and Numb3rs, scientists are still weird—but a geeky glamour has replaced the old stereotypes.
September 2007
Starlight and Shadow George Hurrell's brilliantly orchestrated photographs helped define Hollywood glamour in the 1930s.
July-August 2007
Up, Up, and Away Today, air travel is just another form of mass transit. Is there any going back to the glamorous days of yore?
The Atlantic Monthly, January/February 2007
The Iconographer In Julius Shulman's photographs, modern architecture became seductive, comfortable, and immortal
The Atlantic Monthly, November 2006
Superhero Worship Once the province of Garbo and Astaire, movie glamour now comes from Superman, Spider-Man, and Storm.
The Atlantic Monthly, October 2006
