Anton Corbijn

A total of 380 color and duotone plates provide quite an extraordinary and intimate chronicle of the band's path from local unknowns to legendary superstars and the photographer's own development as an artist, documenting the public and private face of the band, the long-standing friendship between Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and Corbijn, the ways in which they.provided mutual inspiration, while shedding one image for another in a process of ongoing self-transformation. The oldest photo dates back to 1982 and was taken in New Orleans; the more recent one was spot in Lisbon in 2004 for "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", the new U2 album. In this way, their shared experience itself becomes a part of photo-history. Corbijn has added handwritten notes as picture captions, thus also ensuring the book is a highly readable document of his personal memories, giving it the feel of a private album.

U2 & I

Representing the ultimate publication on the music photography of Anton Corbijn, one of the most important photographers and directors working today, this collection of images, many never before published, focuses on Corbijn's evolving fascination with the music industry, from the 1970s to the present day. Anton Corbijn's interest in music has been the engine of an illustrious decades-long career that has most recently involved the making of feature length films such as The American, A Most Wanted Man, and Life, due to be released in 2015. This gloriously illustrated, oversized book pays homage to Corbijn's obsession with rock and roll--an interest that has led to lifelong friendships with Bono, Michael Stipe, Dave Gahan, and other iconic musicians. Looking back over four decades, it features hundreds of creative, offbeat images that Corbijn was able to capture largely as a result of his close relationships with his subjects. Nearly every revered musician and band is represented in Corbijn's archives: Nick Cave to Nirvana, U2 to R.E.M., the Rolling Stones to Siouxie and the Banshees. Many of the portraits are accompanied by their subjects' own take on Corbijn's distinct style and approach. Also included here are previously unpublished photos of the late Joe Cocker and the band Depeche Mode, who consider him an honorary member. A fitting tribute to an innovative and deeply passionate photographer, this book will rock fans of music and photography.

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Anton Corbijn was born in Holland in 1955. His photographs have appeared in Vogue, Rolling Stone, Us, Details and Entertainment Weekly.

Star Trak

Photographien und Songtexte 1977 - 2008

Tom Waits by Anton Corbijn

Photography of Depeche Mode

Strangers

In Control, a diary

Photographs 1975-88

Famouz

Bernd Skupin

Corbijn's pictures have become as well know as the songs of the rock stars he has been portraying for the past twenty-five years. (U2, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Metallica) Over the years, Corbijn has extended the range of his portait gallery to include star personalities from literature, fashion and the the cinema.

Werk

A collection of his earlier photographs, "Famouz" clearly and eloquently presents the origins of the artistry that has made Corbijn one of the most sought-after portrait artists of his generation. From a pensive Peter Gabriel to an aerial view of Sinead O'Connor to U2 in front of a real Joshua tree, the signature of Corbijn's work is its resolute lack of glitter, showing the stars stripped of stardom, their humanity on display. 105 duotone photos.

Robert Christgau

Tom Waits

Jim Jarmusch

Waits/Corbijn '77-'11 is the chronicle of an artistic collaboration that reaches bach more than 35 years, to those first black-and-white photographs of Tom Waits taken by a young Anton Corbijn in Holland in 1977. Waits' own photography, collected here for the first time under the title "Curiosities," gives a visual handle to the artistic intelligence millions of fans know only through his music.

Waits/Corbijn '77-'11

A total of 380 color and duotone plates provide quite an extraordinary and intimate chronicle of the band's path from local unknowns to legendary superstars and the photographer's own development as an artist, documenting the public and private face of the band, the long-standing friendship between Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen and Corbijn, the ways in which they. provided mutual inspiration, while shedding one image for another in a process of ongoing self-transformation. The oldest photo dates back to 1982 and was taken in New Orleans; the more recent one was spot in Lisbon in 2004 for "How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb", the new U2 album. In this way, their shared experience itself becomes a part of photo-history. Corbijn has added handwritten notes as picture captions, thus also ensuring the book is a highly readable document of his personal memories, giving it the feel of a private album. By way of introduction, the book features Anton Corbijn and Bono interviewing each other, humorously reviewing their ,joint history and offering many a minor anecdote on their long-standing friendship and collaboration.

Few photographers live up to the term "image-maker" as completely as Anton Corbijn. His photographs, as well-known as the rock stars he has been shooting for the past twenty years, often reveal truths that surprise even his subjects -- uncovering hidden aspects of their personalities, and imprinting them into our collective memory. His artistry has shaped, if not transformed, the image of numerous rock performers. His legendary portrait of the group Joy Division in a subway station, or his unforgettable depiction of David Bowie clad only in a loincloth, for example, are as instantly recognizable as the Mona Lisa. In 33 Still Lives, his fourth book, Anton Corbijn has created a new series of pictures featuring international stars from the world of the movies and music, ranging from Bjork, Bono, and Marianne Faithful to Clint Eastwood and Robert de Niro. In this innovative and daring collection he stages 33 "film stills" of imaginary movies -- single-picture stories disguised as cinema verite photographs which Corbijn refers to as "fake documentaries". The connection between these images remains mysterious and enigmatic, yet they draw the viewer into an imaginary world whose mesmerizing pull is hard to resist. In his introductory essay, art and media theorist Ulf Poschardt points out the singular position Corbijn's work occupies in a world of mechanically manufactured images: "Photography for Anton Corbijn has always been a search for fissures in the cocoon of make-believe". 33 Still Lives is both an adventurous expression of Corbijn's synergetic vision, and a profoundly beautiful collection of portraits of personalities we think we know, but never really can.

33 Still Lives

Dennis Stock

Carole Naggar

This stunning book is a paean to Dennis Stock, a photographer whose intimate portraits captured iconic figures and historic moments. Arguably, Stock's most famous portrait is of the actor James Dean walking through Times Square in 1955--the year of his death. In addition to the portraits of Dean, this collection includes a dazzling selection from Stock's oeuvre.

Anton Corbijn

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