The Haight: Love, Rock, and Revolution
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (885 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1608873633 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Best Book of Marshall Photos Ever - My copy arrived this afternoon and I can't put it down. Rarely has a book captured the soul of a time as well as this one does.Every page is filled with words and images that allow anyone who was personally connected with The Haight to recapture those precious days. For those who never had a personal connection, this book is a goldmine of information that really allows you to understand the impact that that place and that time had on our society. Even today.Pretty much everyone knows . A REAL-DEAL, HONEST LOOK AT THE PEOPLE, FROM BEGINNING TO END, IN THE HAIGHT I was lucky enough to be in college in Palo Alto, just down from The City, from the late '60s to the early '70s. I was (and still am) a rabid music fan. I spent many an afternoon in the Haight and in the Panhandle area at free happenings and concerts. I was there for the free outdoor concerts by The Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and many, many other local bands. A couple of music-loving friends and I saw riveting performances by Janis Joplin with Big Brother (very loud), the original Sant. karen said he always captured the decisive moment during those wonderful and zany days of the Haight in all its. Stunning. I had the opportunity to work with Jim Marshall and publish many of his photographs when I was the Directorof Photography at Rolling Stone in the 70s. A wild, unpredictable and immensely talented photographer, he always capturedthe decisive moment during those wonderful and zany days of the Haight in all its glory. I had such a good timetraveling down memory lane with this book. Jim was a "One Of A Kind" artist.
Renowned for his powerful portraits of some of the greatest musicians of the era, Marshall covered Haight-Ashbury with the same unique eye that allowed him to amass a staggering archive of rock-and-roll photography and Grammy recognition for his life’s work. The footprint of that movement reverberates strongly today in music, fashion, literature, and social issues, to name a few. In this one-of-a-kind book, the full extent of Marshall’s Haight-Ashbury work is stunningly displayed: live concerts, powerful candids, intimate sessions with icons of the day, street scenes, crash pads, alleyways, and the human be-in, all culminating in the definitive photographic record of a watershed moment in time. Featuring hundreds of images of everyone from Bill Graham, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jefferson Airplane to Donovan, The Beatles, Allen Ginsberg, and Timothy Leary, The Haight tells the complete and comprehensive story of the street, cre
But Jim Marshall never blinked. Just as illuminating are verité shots of street life, hippies and straights rubbing wary shoulders as the Age of Aquarius, for a magic moment, dawned over them all.”Rolling Stone, named one of 10 Best Music Books of 2014Nobody covered the scene like MarshallHe was known globally for his music photographyover a 50-year career he created legendary images in the 100s, running in countless magazine features, more than 500 album covers, and more than a few books. Whether it’s shots of Jerry Garcia and his intrepid crew playing for and blending with the Haight Street crowds, a be-robed Allen Ginsberg ecstatically waving to the masses at the Human Be-In, John Lennon and San Francisco Chronicle scribe Ralph J. His aim was true.”