Reviews for Ammachi: A Biography of Mata Amritanandamayi - Mata - Paperback

The average rating for Ammachi: A Biography of Mata Amritanandamayi - Mata - Paperback based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-12-20 00:00:00 Ann Rose For the first 77 pages of this book I was convinced Endre Ernő Friedmann was a sloth, an idiot and a bumbling fool who took advantage of anyone he came into contact with and left little more than destruction and ambivalence in his wake. For the next 50 pages I was convinced he had hoodwinked the journalistic world using any sort of duplicitous artifice he could manage to further his agenda. I am almost certain his Falling Soldier image was staged and entirely fake. There is little doubt in my mind of that. Just the idea that he created a fictitious person, Robert Capa, which he later became, to further his agenda lends at least some credence to this being true. But it was at this point that I began to like Robert Capa. Just as it seemed he did in real life to just about everyone in his life he seemed to do to me just hearing about him. I was seduced by his charm and his genuine sense of concern for enjoying life and doing whatever it took to stand up for what he may have felt was receiving less exposure than it probably deserved. By the end of this book I was heartbroken by Capa’s death. He was courageous and unfettered by many of the things that I believe have left the modern world in a shambles. This book is an amazing read just as Whelan’s book about Alfred Stieglitz was. Well written and extremely well researched, it is at once thoughtful and heartfelt and a genuine portrait of the man in his darkest dark and in his brightest light. I recommend it to anyone interested in photography or just intriqued by people in general. Robert Capa is now on my short list of favorite photographers. If someone said, Who would you have lunch with if given the opportunity, living or dead? I would say, Robert Capa.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-05-29 00:00:00 Justin Gaines Interesting biography of an interesting man. Fun-loving, internationalist photographer Capa had a great influence on all who met him. He was lucky to have lived as long as he did, with all the risks he took.