Not Fade away by Jim Marshall

Not Fade away by Jim Marshall

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Not Fade away by Jim Marshall

This is a volume of stage photographs and behind-the-scenes portraits of over 100 bands and musicians, taken between the 1960s and 1990s. Included are: Joan Baez; The Beatles; Chuck Berry; Aretha Franklin; Jim Morrison; and Cream. The photographs represent Marshall's 30-year career in the business.

Born in Chicago, Jim Marshall (1936-2010) grew up in San Francisco, teaching himself photography by portraying musicians in the coffeehouses of North Beach. After a brief stint in New York, Marshall returned to San Francisco, where he continued to cement his reputation as a formidably talented music photographer. Marshall holds the distinction of being the only photographer ever honored by the Grammys with a Trustees Award for his life's work.

Shepard Fairey was born in Charleston, SC and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, RI. As a student there he created the Andre the Giant has a Posse sticker that transformed into the OBEY GIANT art campaign, which has changed the way people see art and the urban landscape. His work which includes the 2008 Hope portrait of Barack Obama, now owned by the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. In addition to his guerrilla street-art presence, the artist has executed more than 75 large-scale painted public murals around the world. His works are in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, the Boston Institute of Contemporary Art, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and many others.

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ISBN 13 9780821223628
ISBN 10 0821223623
Title Not Fade away
Author Jim Marshall
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Year published 1997-09-01
Number of pages 144
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.