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Mark Seliger: The Music Book
Like a great piece of rock music, an artful photograph is part harmony and part unexpected chaos. Mark Seliger is an artist who chronicles the music world and transposes its idioms to the photographic medium. The result is unexpected yet carefully composed. Fresh, lively and original, his style adapts itself to his subjects. Not overly mannered, his images crackle with life and — dare one say it — beauty. Appearing in notable magazines such as Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, his works feature the biggest music legends of the '80s through today such as Bono, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Snoop Dog, and Dolly Parton.
160 pages, Hardcover
First published September 15, 2008
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About the author
Tom Wolfe
153 books3,489 followersWolfe was educated at Washington and Lee Universities and also at Yale, where he received a PhD in American studies.
Tom Wolfe spent his early days as a Washington Post beat reporter, where his free-association, onomatopoetic style would later become the trademark of New Journalism. In books such as The Electric Koolaid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe delves into the inner workings of the mind, writing about the unconscious decisions people make in their lives. His attention to eccentricities of human behavior and language and to questions of social status are considered unparalleled in the American literary canon.
He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Tom Wolfe is also famous for coining and defining the term fiction-absolute .
http://us.macmillan.com/author/tomwolfe
Tom Wolfe spent his early days as a Washington Post beat reporter, where his free-association, onomatopoetic style would later become the trademark of New Journalism. In books such as The Electric Koolaid Acid Test, The Right Stuff, and The Bonfire of the Vanities, Wolfe delves into the inner workings of the mind, writing about the unconscious decisions people make in their lives. His attention to eccentricities of human behavior and language and to questions of social status are considered unparalleled in the American literary canon.
He is one of the founders of the New Journalism movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Tom Wolfe is also famous for coining and defining the term fiction-absolute .
http://us.macmillan.com/author/tomwolfe
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March 23, 2014
Mark Seliger -- who was responsible for 140 covers of Rolling Stone while working as its chief photographer from 1992-2002 and shoots exclusively for Vanity Fair, GQ and Italian Vogue -- takes pride in the amount of research he does for each photo. But he says he also understands the spirited nature of his subjects. Working with musicians, he's learned to be less conceptual and more flexible, letting the shot evolve from a more improvisational and organic origin. After all, trying to capture the essence of a multi-member band or seasoned performer in a single photo can be a tough task.
For example, Seliger was able to befriend a reluctant Kurt Cobain in his first assignment with the band during the height of its "Nevermind" tour in Melbourne, Australia. He requested that Cobain wear a plain T-shirt instead of his usual logo shirt.
"He shows up to the shoot in a vintage store sweater and a T-shirt that reads, 'Corporate Magazines Still Suck,' " Seliger says. "I felt like I screwed up, but the editors loved it and used it for the cover."
He shot several more sessions with the band, and it was his single close-up of Cobain that appeared on Rolling Stone's cover just a few months later in its memorial issue after the frontman's death. "Working with Nirvana -- they were like my Beatles," said Seliger. "They changed the way people look at music."
For example, Seliger was able to befriend a reluctant Kurt Cobain in his first assignment with the band during the height of its "Nevermind" tour in Melbourne, Australia. He requested that Cobain wear a plain T-shirt instead of his usual logo shirt.
"He shows up to the shoot in a vintage store sweater and a T-shirt that reads, 'Corporate Magazines Still Suck,' " Seliger says. "I felt like I screwed up, but the editors loved it and used it for the cover."
He shot several more sessions with the band, and it was his single close-up of Cobain that appeared on Rolling Stone's cover just a few months later in its memorial issue after the frontman's death. "Working with Nirvana -- they were like my Beatles," said Seliger. "They changed the way people look at music."
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