Christopher Makos traveled widely in Europe spending time with Man Ray during the great artist's last birthday celebrations in Fregene Italy. The master took a special interest in the brash young American and spent the day speaking of a life in photography. Photographs from their day together appear in Everything: The Black and White Monograph a retrospective of three decades in Makos's illustrious career. The oldest photograph in the book was a taken in 1973. It is a single foot set bare upon the beach in Ditch Plains Montauk New York. The journey of a thousand miles had begun. The result is Everything a wide-ranging survey of his black-and-white work (many images published here for the first time) that can be seen as a photo-biography if you will. Here are portraits landscapes nudes snapshots studio shots cars dogs horses from Fire Island to Ascot Mallorca to Moscow Morocco to Puerta Vallarta Giza to Palm Springs. Everything stands as a record of the restless globetrotting life Makos has led always with camera in hand. Everything stands as a record of the restless, globetrotting life the photographer has led, always with camera in hand...Everything is printed in quadrotone for the richest, most effective reproduction of Makos's black and white work., September 25, 2014 Having taken pictures all over the world and of some of the most famous celebrities in history, Christopher Makos said his new book, Everything: The Black and White Monograph, is about remembering and inspiring. -- Larry Frum, CNN A denizen of Andy Warhol’s Factory in the 1970s and ’80s, Makos hobnobbed with Liz and Mick, Bowie and Basquiat; his glam photos from the period mix casual chic with élan. He also captures cool slices of mundanity (for jet-setters, that is). Lots of cute dogs and ponies, too., American Photo Magazine, December 1, 2014 Shooters from any era will find inspiration in this versatile photographer's ability to transition seamlessly from the studio to the street, from artificial to natural lighting, from people and puppies to garish automotive grillwork-all in living black and white. -- Jim Cornfield, Rangefinder, April 2015 Everything: The Black and White Monograph is a retrospective of three decades in photographer Christopher Makos' illustrious career. Weighing in at 352 pages, with 248 photographs, Everything is printed in quadrotone for the richest, most effective reproduction of Makos' black and white work., Radar Online Christopher Makos is a world-renowned photographer. He is best known for his work in portraiture and has exhibited at galleries and museums worldwide. He was an apprentice with photographer Man Ray in Paris and collaborated with Andy Warhol. Some of his previous books include Exhibitionism, a collaboration on studies of the male nude with Calvin Klein; Equipose, unique portraiture of horses (Glitterati, 2005); and Warhol In Context, which visually chronicles his unique access to this major artist during the '70s, '80s, and '90s.