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Who Shot Rock and Roll: A Photographic History, 1955-Present
More than two hundred spectacular photographs, sensual, luminous, frenzied, true, from 1955 to the present, that catch and define the energy, intoxication, rebellion, and magic of rock and roll; the first book to explore the photographs and the photographers who captured rock’s message of freedom and personal reinvention—and to examine the effect of their pictures on the m...more
Hardcover, 336 pages
Published
October 20th 2009
by Knopf
(first published 2009)
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Another in a long line of books featuring historic images from various photographers who have so diligently documented the rock and roll scene since it's inception all the way back in 1955. This book proves the images of the artists are just as iconic as the music they produced. A stunning collection.
Some of the photos have some history attached to them, but it would have been more fun for those involved posing for or taking the photo to reminisce about that moment.
I just flipped through it for the stunning pictures that took me on a short trip down memory lane.
I just flipped through it for the stunning pictures that took me on a short trip down memory lane.
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This book has inspired me to focus on documentary photography above all else. Many of those photos tell a story, show the artist at her or his most human moments. That's what I want my photographs to do.
This would have been a perfect book if there were just no words in it. Instead pairing next to these gorgeous surprising emotional photographs was repetitive boring words.
Good photography, well displayed in a large format--but the book's arrangement is poor, neither by photographer or decade. Not only will a single photographer's work appear multiple times throughout the book (with a statement about the photographer's work accompanying each entry), not only will the sequence of photographs not follow a coherent sequence, many of the brief descriptions accompanying each photograph are only completed at the end of the book, in the way magazines complete articles at...more
i only looked at the pictures to be honest...
A great proverbial walk down memory lane.
Jam packed with photos - including a great number of non-traditional (i.e. not studio) pics - many of which I'd never seen before. If you're at all interested in the History of Rock, this one is definitely worth a look.
Jam packed with photos - including a great number of non-traditional (i.e. not studio) pics - many of which I'd never seen before. If you're at all interested in the History of Rock, this one is definitely worth a look.
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