The Other Half - by Ellen Warner (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

An insightful and intimate look at aging and masculinity that includes interviews and portraits of men from around the world.

What do men really think? From a taxi driver to a prince, a fishmonger to a professional boxer, The Other Half reveals the inner thoughts of men over fifty from different nationalities and different walks of life in their own words, illuminated by their portraits. Author and photojournalist Ellen Warner traveled the world to find out what men really think about love, work, and aging, speaking with well-known figures like film director James Ivory and journalist Bill Keller, as well as a philosopher, a chess grandmaster, a hair stylist, a financier, and more. Interviewing men from Colombia, Greece, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Sweden, and everywhere in between, Warner assembles a moving portrait of their reflections, insights, challenges, and hard-won triumphs.

A companion to The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty, Warner's latest book shares the diverse, vibrant experiences of men over fifty.

Review Quotes

"It need not be downhill from fifty. Warner's The Other Half is a wonderfully instructive and entertaining book, highlighting as it does a very diverse group of men, from a taxi driver to a renowned film director, who have found satisfaction, fulfillment and happiness in the second half of their life, and here share their experience in making the years over fifty the best and most productive of their life."

"Warner's The Other Half is a soulful, probing work of portraiture and social history. It captures both what is unique and what is representative about her subjects, and her artfulness in drawing them out--men of vastly different cultures, classes, and walks of life--is one of her own greatest gifts. Portraiture is mostly a history of the "male gaze." But here is the "female gaze" in all its empathy and power."

About the Author

Ellen Warner is the author of The Second Half: Forty Women Reveal Life After Fifty. Her photographs have been published in newspapers and magazines and exhibited extensively. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times, Travel and Leisure, and The Traveler. She lives in New York City.