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A top celebrity portrait photographer, Jill Greenberg has a unique ability to coax powerful emotions out of her subjects - whether human or animal. Her portraits of bears, collected here for the first time, surprise and engage. We encounter cubs as cute as a child's Teddy, grizzlies that look like they might swallow you whole, and Polar bears seated in Sphinx-like tranquility. Full-grown brown bears, grizzlies, black bears, Polar bears, and bear cubs are photographed on location against a portrait backdrop. The poses and facial expressions are at turns oddly comedic, pensive, terrifying, and sometimes unexpectedly human. Alive with Greenberg's signature lighting and seen through the unique perspective of her lens, these startling bear portraits bring us face to face with our fears and fantasies.

We share about 98 percent of our DNA with chimpanzees, our closest biological cousins. The similarities between simians and humans are humorously and brilliantly captured in this collection. Jill Greenberg, who has spent 15 years photographing celebrities like Clint Eastwood and Drew Barrymore, has turned her lens to a different subject: monkeys and apes, many of whom have appeared in film and television. Her intimate portraits reveal a striking range of emotions and personalities, evoking an almost eerie sense of recognition. Each of the 76 anthropomorphic photographs will remind you of someone you know. These monkeys, in all their glory, will make you laugh out loud and ponder just how different we truly are.