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Cooperative, compassionate, and generous; in these portraits, the women dialogue with the camera. Some manipulate the image. Others reveal. These are photos of visceral beauty, because of the individual consciousness of these women in their context: trapeze artists, politicians, writers, directors, poets, actors, dramatists, miners, hotel housekeepers, Las Vegas showgirls, judges, MD's, performance artists, waitresses, architects, soldiers, athletes, socialites, teachers, activists, gang members, journalists, musicians and scientists. Sontag's essay explores the why of a book of women, the how of beauty. She reminds us that in parts of the men controlled world, women are covered, not seen by the camera. These portraits are radical, expressions of women actively creating their images as they create their lives. Photos of 238 women with thumbnail biographies. Annie Leibovitz acknowledges this book was inspired by Susan Sontag.