MUSIC
By Andrew Zuckerman
The magnificent
follow up to the bestselling 'Wisdom'. We can't always understand each other because
of language. But everyone, in every culture, understands a battle drumbeat or
a mother's lullaby. - John Williams
Following the highly acclaimed
'Wisdom', Andrew Zuckerman now turns his unique photographic perspective to music.
This book and film includes fifty eminent musicians, composers and producers from
rock, pop, hip-hop, classical, country, jazz, and more, who have made an impact
on their genre, contributed to the larger conversation, and have a unique perspective
on life. The thoughts and words of over 60 musical icons, with accompanying portraits.
Insightful, interesting and always inspiring. Music is produced in collaboration
with Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Australian contributor Daniel Johns and New Zealander
Neil Finn add their voices to an inspiring collection, charting the journey of
modern music from Burt Bacharach's smooth talents to Dizzee Rascal's twisted take
on hip hop. Other highlights in the book include Julian Casablancas, Iggy Pop,
Ozzy Osbourne, Yoko Ono and Fiona Apple.
Andrew Zuckerman was
born in Washington, DC, in 1977 and spent his teenage years shooting local bands
for small magazines. He moved to New York to attend the School of Visual Arts
before opening his own studio, where he has created award-winning still life and
portrait photography. His driving mission as a photographer has been to push the
medium to its most contemporary application, embracing each successive advance
in technology. Ultimately, his goal is to allow an object, an environment, or
a living creature to be seen and experienced for exactly what it is, as stripped
from artistic imposition as possible. With this in mind, he has embarked on a
project to document animals and humans in a series of books and films, which began
in 2005 with a series of animal images that were first published in 2007's Creature,
a collection of over 300 animals. This was followed by Wisdom in 2008, portraits
and interviews with extraordinary individuals over the age of sixty-five, and
Bird in 2009, which covered over ninety species of birds. The Wisdom portraits
were exhibited in the Library of New South Wales in Sydney in 2008 and in 2010
began a North American exhibition tour, launching at the Winter Garden in the
World Financial Center.
I subscribe to the theory that art
is made to be broken - Billy Corgan
Music has a way of describing complex,
mysterious aspects of living in a way that nothing else can. It can get underneath
your skin in the most beautiful way - Neil Finn
One of the secrets to
making music was to be open and not judge what you're doing while you're doing
it - Karen O
Music is just organised noise. Its emotional resonance
comes out of passion - Daniel Johns
The sound is the freedom. The chord
don't mean nothing - Ornette Coleman
With music, even though the process
can be meticulous, I think the approach should be simple - Julian Casablancas
List
of contributors:
Burt Bacharach
Danny Elfman
John Legend
Kid Rock
Russell
Simmons
Lenny Kravitz
Bic Runga
Kenny Rogers
Afrika Bambaataa
Iggy
Pop
Dave Dobbyn
Graham Nash
Ozzy Osbourne
John Forté
Dave
Brubeck
Ezra Koenig
Yoko Ono
Philip Glass
Laurie Anderson
John
Williams
Adam Levine
Chrissie Hynde
Herbie Hancock
Henry Rollins
Joe
Jackson
Common
Jesse Carmichael
Bernard Purdie
Itzhak Perlman
David
Crosby
Jimmy Barnes
Jerry Leiber
Ornette Coleman
Eve
Pete Waterman
Fiona
Apple
Ani DiFranco
Mike Stoller
Ziggy Marley
Daniel Johns
Clint
Black
Julian Casablancas
Billy Corgan
Neil Finn
Rosanne Cash
Dizzee
Rascal
Sinéad O'Connor
MUSIC is available
now.
