Hilarious

Acclaimed portrait photographer Thom Gilbert turns his lens on iconic comedians, young and old, and captures the extraordinary facial expressions that usually go unnoticed beneath the wit and the punch lines. Each of the 150 photographs is a portrait of a comic at full comedic power, with the kind of expressions that make readers laugh the same way they do watching these performers live.

Gilbert is known for taking a fresh, artistic, and exciting approach to every subject he photographs. He...