Bob Dylan : A Portrait of the Artist's Early Years by Daniel Kramer
Bob Dylan was recently named by Life as one of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century. In this photographic tour of Dylan’s breakthrough years, 1964 to 1965, Daniel Kramer shows the human side of this legendary figure — playing chess, making coffee, and in one whimsical moment, sitting in a tree — and also in the studio and onstage. An essay by the photographer sheds further light on the man and his music. Editorial Reviews @ Amazon.com [ read more ] »
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Early Dylan, Photographs and Introduction
by Barry Feinstein, Daniel Kramer and Jim Marshall
Early Dylan features the work of three master photographers who were there from the beginning and were given unique access to Bob Dylan and his private life. Many of the eighty photographs featured portray a young Dylan at the start of his career in the 1960s. In the extended caption section each photographer reveals details of his experiences. Editorial Reviews @ Amazon.com [ read more ] »
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Don't Look Back
Both a classic documentary and a vital pop-cultural artifact, D.A. Pennebaker's portrait of Bob Dylan captures the seminal singer-songwriter on the cusp of his transformation from folk prophet to rock trendsetter. Shot during Dylan's 1965 British concert tour, Don't Look Back employs an edgy vérité style that was, and is, a snug fit with the artist's own consciously rough-hewn persona. Its handheld black-and-white images and often-gritty London backdrops suggest cinematic extensions of the archetypal monochrome portraits that graced Dylan's career-making early-'60s album jackets.
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