Alfred Wertheimer. Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll

Author: Santelli, Robert

Brand: Taschen

Edition: Multilingual

Binding: Hardcover

Number Of Pages: 335

Release Date: 03-11-2022

Part Number: 9783836583268

Details: “Elvis who?” was photographer Alfred Wertheimer’s response when, in early 1956, RCA Victor asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was—as we now know—about to become a legend.

A fly on the wall in Presley's presence, Wertheimer took nearly 3,000 photographs of Elvis that year, creating a penetrating portrait of a man poised on the brink of superstardom. Extraordinary in its intimacy and unparalleled in its scope, Wertheimer's Elvis project immortalized a young man in the very process of making history.

Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll collects Wertheimer’s most remarkable Elvis shots from that magical year, along with a selection of his historic 1958 pictures of the star being shipped off to an army base in Germany. Each chapter is illustrated with a poster by Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest letterpress print shops in America, which created many early Elvis posters in the 1950s.

EAN: 9783836583268

Package Dimensions: 12.7 x 9.3 x 1.5 inches

Languages: English, German, French, Multilingual