In Peter Guttman’s National Portrait Gallery, What You See Is What You Get — and Then Some
Guttman’s photo collection, ‘American Character,’ reflects a desire to encompass a diversity that challenges the idea of a unified American identity transcending regional differences, heritages, religions, and lifestyles.
‘American Character: Surprising Portraits of an Unseen Nation’
By Peter Guttman
Skyhorse, 264 pages
“Character counts” are the first two words of Peter Guttman’s introduction to photographs taken over four decades, accompanied by compact musings on the persons and places of a diverse continent. “American Character” reflects a desire to encompass a diversity that challenges the idea of a unified American identity transcending regional differences, heritages, religions, and lifestyles.
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