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189923506X

(ISBN-13: 9781899235063)

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300x240x15 mm

95

960 g

Hardcover/gebunden

Deutsch

Schlagwörter: Farb-Fotografie Bildband Musiker Musik
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"At a time when the business of music is overtaking its soulfulness, documentary photographer Nubar Alexanian con-l founds that trend — penetrating to the human core, which is Where Music Comes From.
Five years in preparation, this exhilarating book celebrates the spirit and integrity of twenty-five consummate musical artists in full-color photographs that pulsate with rhythm and energy. Now you can actually see the music of such masters as Wynton Marsalis, Philip Glass, Paul Simon, Emmylou Harris, Joseph Shabalala, and Phish — all of whom have continued to grow creatively despite their fame.
To prepare himself for the project, Alexanian spent hundreds of hours studying the work of his chosen subjects. Only then did he begin to travel, developing lasting friendships with many of the musicians as they relaxed, rehearsed, and performed in concert halls, churches, arenas, schools and recording studios across America and through Europe to South Africa and India. This interplay between musical, visual, and emotional response became the melody in the photographs, upon which Alexanian improvised frequently, experimenting and broadening his own understanding in order to present music to his audience in a fresh, new way.
Alexanian's photographs take you to Milan, where Wynton Marsalis warms up in front of a bathroom mirror before a concert. They let you share a quiet moment with Paul Simon as he learns a new song in a horse stable in Montauk, New York. They lead you to India with Philip Glass, as he immerses himself in the mystical roots of that ancient civilization, and to South Africa, where Joseph Shabalala absorbs the richness of his Zulu culture. They put you on a bus carrying Emmylou Harris and The Hot Band from Dublin to Belfast, then take you on tour with Phish.
Enhanced by a personal text of great vibrancy, Where Music Comes From is a thoughtful exploration of the creative process and an occasion of joy for music and photography lovers alike.

Nubar Alexanian was born in 1950 in Worcester, Massachusetts. He became passionate about photography while studying at Boston University and covering the anti-war movement during the Vietnam era. He then concentrated on both documentary and large-format photography, and co-founded the Essex Photographic Workshop in Essex, Massachusetts. From 1978 to 1989 he travelled extensively in Peru. His book, Stones In The Road: Photographs of Peru (Cornerhouse Publications, Manchester, England), has been called "an artistically original and morally compelling, authentic expression of our geography and people," by Peruvian novelist Mario Vargas Llosa. Alexanian's many awards include a Fulbright Fellowship in 1983, and his work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, Life, Fortune, Geo, Audubon, the Sunday Times, and many other publications around the world. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions in the United States and Europe, and his work is in many private and museum collections internationally. He continues to work on long-term photographic projects and teaches workshops in Peru and at the International Center of Photography in New York. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Rebecca, and daughter, Abby Rose.

Photographer Nubar Alexanian's Where Music Comes From honors the transcendent nature of music and the gifted human beings inspired to make it. With strong, lyrical color images of the highest quality of reproduction and text derived from Alexanian's ongoing dialogue with his subjects, the book allows viewers to experience music as it is being created. For five years, Alexanian travelled around the world with twenty-five committed artists, hanging out with them backstage, joining them on tour buses and in teaching seminars, and getting to know them as performers and as people. The result is a book that literally gives substance to the spirit of music.

Musicians include
Gisele Ben-Dor
Bela Fleck
Leon Fleisher
Aretha Franklin
Philip Glass
Emmylou Harris
Clarence "Frogman" Henry
Patty Larkin
Wynton Marsalis
Gustav Meir
The Mississippi Mass Choir
Blanche Moyse
Phish
Jon Randall
Marcus Roberts
The Roche Sisters
Joseph Shabalala and Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Paul Simon
Junior Wells"

K368gegenüb

1996

R20210419b-5