Beck

by Autumn de Wilde, Michel Gondry (Foreword by)

Overview

Over the past 15 years, photographer Autumn de Wilde and musician Beck Hansen's friendship and collaboration have yielded a body of work every bit as playful, innovative, and lyrical as his music. This beautifully designed volume featuring a circular fold-out poster jacket collects the best of these photographs, including intimate portraits, moments from performances, images documenting the recording of his Mutations album, as well as gorgeous photo sessions informed by surrealism, dada, op art, and other artistic influences. The 170 color and black and white photographs are supplemented by a foreword by filmmaker and collaborator Michel Gondry, and conversations with Beck that the cover the span of his career to date and shed light sometimes at strange angles on his music.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811869522
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	11/09/2011
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 11.40(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Autumn de Wilde has worked with and photographed numerous bands and musicians, including Elliot Smith, the White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie, the Decemberists, Spoon, and Wilco. She lives in Los Angeles.

Beck is a musician and artist who has won three Grammys and sold more than 10 million albums worldwide. He lives in Los Angeles.

Michel Gondry is an award-winning film and video director and screenwriter. He lives in Brooklyn.

Editorial Reviews

"Autumn de Wilde has photographed just about every L.A. Musician of the past decade. Her friendship with Beck has yielded some of the most insightful pictures of the multifarious musician. With excerpts from conversations between Beck and de Wilde, this is a thorough portrait (pun intended) of the artist and her muse." Los Angeles magazine

"Autumn de Wilde has photographed just about every L.A. Musician of the past decade. Her friendship with Beck has yielded some of the most insightful pictures of the multifarious musician. With excerpts from conversations between Beck and de Wilde, this is a thorough portrait (pun intended) of the artist and her muse." Los Angeles magazine

"Autumn de Wilde has photographed just about every L.A. Musician of the past decade. Her friendship with Beck has yielded some of the most insightful pictures of the multifarious musician. With excerpts from conversations between Beck and de Wilde, this is a thorough portrait (pun intended) of the artist and her muse." Los Angeles magazine

"Enjoying unrestricted access to a rising star, de Wilde has chronicled Beck's career and drawn from that collection for this book. Inserted into the flow of photographs are a series of conversations between the de Wilde and Beck on a wide range of topics. Touching on his early performances, approach to his music, photo sessions, the book covers a lot of ground. Together it offers a closer look at one of the most interesting performers on the scene today." -North Shore News

"Enjoying unrestricted access to a rising star, de Wilde has chronicled Beck's career and drawn from that collection for this book. Inserted into the flow of photographs are a series of conversations between the de Wilde and Beck on a wide range of topics. Touching on his early performances, approach to his music, photo sessions, the book covers a lot of ground. Together it offers a closer look at one of the most interesting performers on the scene today." -North Shore News

"Enjoying unrestricted access to a rising star, de Wilde has chronicled Beck's career and drawn from that collection for this book. Inserted into the flow of photographs are a series of conversations between the de Wilde and Beck on a wide range of topics. Touching on his early performances, approach to his music, photo sessions, the book covers a lot of ground. Together it offers a closer look at one of the most interesting performers on the scene today." -North Shore News

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