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MARCEL MARCEAU: MASTER OF MIME BOOK DESCRIPTIONBen Martin, whose photographs have been published in Time,Life, Paris Match, Stern and Der Speigel, presents a photojournalist's view ofMarcel Marceau as performer and friend; an intense, intimate portrait of an artist whose stage creation, a white-faced clown in bell-bottom pants, sailor's pullover and crumpled flower opera hat, continues a century old tradition. In more than 350 photographs, 80 in exquisite color, Martin captures Marceau behind the scenes, rehearsing, applying makeup, and performing. In a series of performance photos, he shows the artist conveying his miraculous emotional range expressively as Bip, his onstage alter ego.