Total Records - Photography and the Art of the Album Cover

The history of photography is teeming with portraits of musicians made iconic through their use on album covers: Thelonious Monk by W. Eugene Smith; Miles Davis by Irving Penn; Grace Jones by Jean Paul Goode; Laurie Anderson by Robert Mapplethorpe.
Includes record albums featuring images by David Bailey, Guy Bourdin, Anton Corbijn, Roy DeCarava, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Luigi Ghirri, John Paul Goode, Brian Griffin, William Klein, David LaChapelle, Danny Lyon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Ryan McGinley, Helmut Newton, Martin Parr, Anders Peterson, Pierre et Gilles, Hiro, Cindy Sherman, W. Eugene Smith, Pennie Smith, Jurgen Teller, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol, Albert Watson, William Wegman, and more.

About the author

Jacques Denis is a music journalist for publications such as Libération, Le Monde diplomatique, and the blog Superfly Records, and the coauthor of the book Intifada Rap (2014).

Summary

The history of photography is teeming with portraits of musicians made iconic by their album covers: Thelonious Monk by W. Eugene Smith, Miles Davis by Irving Penn, Grace Jones by Jean-Paul Goude, Laurie Anderson by Robert Mapplethorpe.

Product details

• Authors: Antoine de Beaupre, Antoine de Beaupré, Jacques Denis, Jacques Mondino Denis, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Sam Stourdzé, Serge Vincendet, Vincendet Serge
• Assisted by: Antoine Beaupre (Editor), Antoine de Beaupré (Editor)
• Publisher: Aperture Publishers USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2016
• EAN: 9781597113847
• ISBN: 978-1-59711-384-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 210 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Rock, Rock & Pop music, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock, PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Pop Vocal, Photographs: collections, Pop Music, Popular Music, Photographs: Portraits