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The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of America's Championship Chickens

The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of America's Championship Chickens

by IraGlass (Author), TamaraStaples (Author), photographsTamaraStaples (Author), Christa Velbel (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

In irresistibly strange, undeniably beautiful portraits, photographer Tamara Staples celebrates the finely-feathered champions of the American poultry show circuit, the beauty pageant of the barnyard. Location and detail photography, quotes from poultry farmers, insights into the judging process, and an essay by Ira Glass of public radio's This American Life complement these high fashion photographs to provide a full appreciation for this most noble of birds. An introduction includes quotes by breeders, followed by an explanation of the poultry world's bible, The Standard of Perfection, including excerpted text and visual aids on judging, breeding, and characteristics from the feathers to wattles of the perfect fowl. 35 posed, full page portraits of exceptional chickens are accompanied by basic information on the breed. Black-and-white candid shots and an interview with Tamara Staples by NPR's Ira Glass provides an intimate look at the people behind these prize-winning chickens.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 103
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 08 Mar 2001
ISBN 10: 081183137X
ISBN 13: 9780811831376

Media Reviews
Time Out New York
Sometimes, the oddest book will grab you, for no rational reason. Such is the case with The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens. Tamara Staples's fashion-runway-style shots of cocky, prancing specimens of poultry pulchritude are strangely... sexy. The accompanying text on the competition circuit and standards of perfection-- including plumage, combs and wattles-- is equally fascinating. Who knew?

Time Out New York
Sometimes, the oddest book will grab you, for no rational reason. Such is the case with The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens. Tamara Staples's fashion-runway-style shots of cocky, prancing specimens of poultry pulchritude are strangely...sexy. The accompanying text on the competition circuit and standards of perfection including plumage, combs and wattles is equally fascinating. Who knew?


Time Out New York
Sometimes, the oddest book will grab you, for no rational reason. Such is the case with The Fairest Fowl: Portraits of Championship Chickens. Tamara Staples's fashion-runway-style shots of cocky, prancing specimens of poultry pulchritude are strangely...sexy. The accompanying text on the competition circuit and standards of perfection including plumage, combs and wattles is equally fascinating. Who knew?

Author Bio
Tamara Staples was born and raised in the Carolinas, attended her first poultry show in 1988 with her uncle. After earning a degree in photography, she began to take portraits of the birds in earnest in 1998. Her work has appeared in Harper's Magazine, Utn

Ira Glass is the host of the award-winning public radio program This American Life. He lives in Chicago.