Pop shots : a 35-year perspective of music performers through the photography of Harry Hammond and Gered Mankowitz / introduction by Peter Hogan ; foreword by Andy Summers.

Author/creator Hammond, Harry
Other author Mankowitz, Gered.
Other author Hammond, Harry, 1920-2009.
Format Book
Edition1st U.S. edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Harper & Row, ©1984.
Description160 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm.
Subjects

SeriesHarper colophon books ; CN/1071
Harper colophon books ; CN/1071. ^A770810
Abstract Harry Hammond, considered the "father" of pop photography, was top staff photographer for Britain's New Musical Express; he has been published internationally and is responsible for many of pop's "standard" images. Gered Mankowitz has produced the photography for over five hundred album covers and publishes extensively in British and American magazines. Both men, among the pop scene's most noted photographic chroniclers, provide in this book a dazzling and colorful presentation of an extraordinary range of music personalities from the last four decades. Based on a phenomenally successful London photo exhibition which attracted a record of over sixty thousand visitors--from punks to grandmothers--in three weeks, Pop Shots is a razor-sharp perception of the look, stance, and feel of the changing face of the pop performer. They are all here--the legendary, the infamous, the forgotten faces, and the one-hit wonders. From classics of the '40s such as Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra, through bands of the '50s, '60s, and '70s (including the Beatles and the Rolling Stones), to the wild variety of contemporary New Wave groups like Duran Duran and Eurythmics, the images speak for themselves. Illustrated with over 200 photographs in color and black and white, Pop Shots documents the parade of changing fashion and is both an immediate and nostalgic look at the evolving face of pop music.
General noteOriginally published: Hit parade : London : Phexus Pub. Co., 1984.
LCCN 83047562
ISBN0060910712 (pbk.) :

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML87 .H16 1984 ✔ Available Place Hold