书目

The Beatles in India

内容简介

In1968,theBeatleswenttoRishikesh,India,studiedtranscendentalmeditation,andwrotemusic.Theseintimatephotosaretheonlyrecordoftheirtimeinthissacredretreat.

ThisneweditionofTheBeatlesinIndiabringsintimateimagesofthegroup,takenatanashraminRishikesh,India,toawideraudiencethaneverbefore.NophotographersorpresswereallowedatMaharishiMaheshYogi’sashraminthefoothillsoftheHimalayas,buttheBeatleshadnoobjectiontofellowvisitorPaulSaltzmanfreelysnappingpicturesduringtheirtimethere.Thisunprecedentedaccessresultedinanextensivecollectionofintimatephotosoftheworld’smostbelovedrockbandduringoneoftheirmostsereneandproductiveperiods,onlytwoyearsbeforetheofficialdissolutionofthegroup.

Containingawide-rangingnarrativebySaltzman—abouteverythingfromthestoryofhow“DearPrudence”cametobetoGeorgeHarrison’sdescriptionofthefirsttimehepickedupasitar—thisuniqueandexclusiveexplorationofoneoftheBeatles’mosttenderandbittersweetperiodsisamust-haveforallfansofthelegendaryrockgroup.

作者简介

PaulSaltzmanisaninternationalaward–winningfilmdirector,writer,andproducerofoverthreehundreddramasanddocumentaries.HeisthefounderandCEOofthenonprofitorganizationMovingBeyondJustice.BeforemeetingandphotographingtheBeatles,heproducedLeonardCohenconcerts,attendedmanyfolkandrockperformances,anddancedalot.HelivesinToronto,whereheplaysicehockeyseveraltimesaweek.

PattieBoydisaBritishphotographerandauthorwhoachievedworldfameduringthe1960sasoneofthegreatestrockandrollmusesofalltime.BorninEnglandin1944,shepursuedasuccessfulmodelingcareerbeforemarryingtheBeatlesbandmemberGeorgeHarrison.Laterinlife,shebecameinvolvedwithandmarriedEricClapton,inspiringlegendarysongssuchas“Layla”and“WonderfulTonight.”Aspartoftherockandrolleliteofthe’60sand’70s,Boydtookcountlessstunningportraitsofsomeofthemostwell-knownartistsofthe20thcentury.HerphotographsofHarrison,Clapton,andotherrockiconshavebeenfeaturedinvariousexhibitionsthroughouttheworld.Hermemoir,WonderfulTonight,debutedatthetopoftheNewYorkTimesbestsellerlistin2007.

DonovanLeitchwasborninGlasgow,Scotland.HisCelticrootsandhisfatherDonald’sloveofpoetryandliteraturehavebeenaconstantinfluenceonhislifeandhismusic.Hebecameawanderingminstrel,writinghisownuniquelyrics,andsoonbecameaninternationallyacclaimedsoloperformer.HismusicwouldeventuallyreachawholegenerationduringtherevolutionarySixtieswithsongssuchasCatchtheWind,UniversalSolider,SunshineSuperman,MellowYellow,HurdyGurdyMan,andSeasonoftheWitch.In2003hewasawardedanhonoraryDoctorateofLettersbytheUniversityofHertfordshireandhecontinuestoinfluencethepoetryandlyricsofourtimes.

TimB.WrideisthefoundingDirectoroftheNoStringsFoundation,anonprofitorganizationprovidingdirectassistancetophotographers.Priortothis,WridewasCuratorofPhotographyattheLosAngelesCountyMuseumofArt(LACMA).Duringhistwelve-yeartenure,hecuratedovertwenty-fivepermanentcollectionfocusexhibitionsaswellasnumerouslargerexhibitions,including“RetailFictions:TheCommercialPhotographyofRalphBartholomew”(1997);“ShiftingTides:CubanPhotographyaftertheRevolutions”(2001);“DonaldBlumberg”(2002);and“Trajectories:ThePhotographicWorkofRobbertFlick”(2004).Heistheauthorofthecataloguesthataccompaniedtheseandotherexhibitions.

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