American Music - Hardcover

Leibovitz, Annie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375505075 ISBN 13: 9780375505072

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2003

Synopsis

The celebrated photographer offers a photographic chronicle of twentieth-century popular music in a collection of more than one hundred photographs of such musical icons as Ray Charles, the Grateful Dead, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, and many others, accompanied by short essays on the music and musicians. 125,000 first printing. First serial, Vanity Fair.

About this title

About the Author:

ANNIE LEIBOVITZ is one of the most celebrated and admired photographers of our time. She began her work photographing forRolling Stone magazine and quickly established a reputation as a chronicler of popular culture, eventually becoming a contributing photographer atVanity Fair and Vogue. Her first book, Annie Leibovitz: Photographs, was published in 1983. In 1999 she published the bestsellingWomen, with a Preface by Susan Sontag, for which the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington exhibited a selection of portraits in conjunction with the hardcover publication.
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From the Inside Flap:

The impulse to do AMERICAN MUSIC, writes famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, “came from a desire to return to my original subject and look at it with a mature eye. Bring my experience to it...make it a real American tapestry.” Her ambitious idea became AMERICAN MUSIC, a stunning collection of photographs of the musicians, places and people that enrich the landscape of American music.

As Rolling Stone’s chief photographer for over thirteen years, Leibovitz created a legendary body of work. Her portraits of some of the world’s most talented musicians capture more than the performer, they convey the art of making music. For AMERICAN MUSIC, Leibovitz traveled across the country to juke joints in the Mississippi Delta, honkytonks in Texas, and jazz clubs in New Orleans “to take pictures in places that mean something.” In her signature style, she shares stunning portraits of American greats -- B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen, Beck, Bob Dylan, Mary J. Blige, Jon Bon Jovi, Steve Earle, Ryan Adams, Miles Davis, Etta James, Pete Seeger, Emmylou Harris, Tom Waits, The Dixie Chicks, Dr. Dre, The Roots and many more.

AMERICAN MUSIC includes a commentary about the American Music project by Leibovitz, short essays by musicians Patti Smith, Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Mos Def, Ryan Adams, and Beck as well as biographical sketches of all the musicians.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0375505075
• ISBN 13: 9780375505072
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 262