Download or read book Taxi Driver written by Amy Taubin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Schrader was in meltdown in 1972. Drinking heavily, living in his car, he was hospitalised with a gastric ulcer. There he read about Arthur Bremer's attempt to assassinate Alabama Governor George Wallace: the story was the germ of his screenplay for Taxi Driver (1976). Executives at Columbia hated the script, but when Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, who were flying high after the triumphs of Mean Streets (1973) and The Godfather Part II (1974), signed up, Taxi Driver became too good a package to refuse. Scorsese transformed the script into what is now considered one of the two or three definitive films of the 1970s. De Niro is mesmerising as Travis Bickle – pent-up, bigoted, steadily slipping into psychosis, the personification of American masculinity post-Vietnam. Cybill Shepherd and Jodie Foster give fine support and Scorsese brought in Bernard Herrmann, the greatest of film composers, to write what turned out to be his last score. Crucially, Scorsese rooted Taxi Driver in its New York locations, tuning the film's violence into the hard reality of the city. Technically thrilling though it is, Taxi Driver is profoundly disturbing – finding, as Amy Taubin shows, racism, misogyny and gun fetishism at the heart of American culture. In her foreword to this special edition, published to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the BFI Film Classics series, Amy Taubin considers Taxi Driver anew in the context of contemporary politics of race and masculinity in the US, and draws on an exclusive interview with Robert De Niro about his memories of making the film.
Download or read book Schapiro s Heroes written by and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary collection of behind-the-scenes photographs of famous people including Muhammad Ali, Robert Kennedy, Andy Warhol, Martin Luther King Jr, Jackie O, Barbra Streisand and Truman Capote, from celebrated documentarian Steve Schapiro. A rare and intimate glimpse of a major period of American history, photographed during the golden age of photojournalism.
Download or read book Steve Schapiro written by Steve Schapiro and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Schapiro traveled throughout America taking photographs during one of the nation's most revolutionary periods. Working in the classic mode of Walker Evans and Diane Arbus, he covered everything from the two Kennedy assassinations to Andy Warhol's Factory to race riots. With an essay by Dave Hickey, this book includes unforgettable images of the poor and the working class, as well as celebrities such as Nixon, Brando, and Janis Joplin.
Download or read book Bliss written by and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Bliss: An Exploration of the Current Hippie Counterculture & Transformational Festivals, Steve Schapiro, famous for his photographs of the 60s--including Haight-Ashbury and the hippies of that era--documents the hippies of today and their lives in and out of transformational festivals. With a specific focus on a subculture of the current hippie counterculture known as "Bliss Ninnies," these individuals are focused on meditation and dancing as a way to reach ecstatic states of joy. The book features images from festivals across the country and provides an overview of a new contemporary hippie life within America. The 60s are still here. You just have to find where.
Download or read book Steve Schapiro the Godfather Family Album 40th Anniversary Edition written by Paul Duncan and published by Taschen. This book was released on 2020-08-15 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. This book gathers more than 300 of Schapiro's finest photographs to take us behind the scenes of this epic and inimitable...
Download or read book Bowie written by and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2016-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A private photo session from 1974 with the iconic performer featuring many images seen here for the first time. David Bowie's unexpected death has invited intense scrutiny over the rich and complex imagery and signifiers in thevideos released for Blackstar, his last, enigmatic album. At press time for this book, a Bowie superfan alerted us to theremarkable similarities between these videos, particularly "Lazarus," and the photo shoot that comprises the bulk of thisbook. "David said to wish you all the best with this project," replied Bowie's assistant in October 2015, when Steve Schapiro wrote asking for asmall text contribution to this volume reproducing their epic photo shoot in Los Angeles from 1974. "We look forward to thebook next Spring! [of 2016]." Bowie, by 1974, was evolving yet again in his spectacular journey as one of pop music's most creative and brilliant minds.A music-writing tour-de-force, Bowie was also widely regarded as a fashion icon, pushing the envelope of sexuality andstyle. Bowie had introduced the world to Major Tom, lived the life of Ziggy Stardust, and had just launched Aladdin Sane;the albums Pin Ups and Diamond Dogs soon to follow. Late that year, photographer Steve Schapiro seized upon a rare invitation from Bowie's manager for a private photosession with the pop star in Los Angeles. The fruit of that day's collaboration between Bowie and Schapiro would providesome of the most iconic album art and magazine shoots produced that decade, including album covers for the albums Station toStation and Low. The Thin White Duke was ascending. These mostly never-before-published images represent Bowie at his most creative and inspired self and offer a rareglimpse into a collaborative process that created phenomenal iconography in the Bowie oeuvre. "From the moment Bowiearrived, we seemed to hit it off. Incredibly intelligent, calm, and filled with ideas," remembers Schapiro. "He talked a lotabout Aleister Crowley, whose esoteric writings he was heavily into at the time. When David heard that I hadphotographed Buster Keaton, one of his greatest heroes, we instantly became friends." Bowie and Schapiro kidded and laughed about shooting a series of close-up portraits on a putrid green backgroundbecause they felt it was the worst possible background color for a magazine cover, and so they shot one on a lark-theimage eventually became a People magazine cover in 1976. The first photo session started at four in the afternoon and went through the night until dawn. Bowie went throughcountless costume changes, each one seemingly befitting an entirely new and unknown Bowie persona. Most incredible,from a vantage point some 40 years later, was the costume and doodles of a particular session: Bowie dressed in blueslacks and cropped shirt, painted with diagonal white stripes, and scribbling what appears to be a diagram from the Kabbalah. They show up again in the video accompanying the song "Lazarus" on the Blackstar album. A delight for Bowie fans of all intensities and degrees, Bowie provides a rare look at a remarkable musical genius in thethroes of creative exploration.
Download or read book The Godfather Family Album written by Paul Duncan and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2008 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never-before-seen photos of Coppola's masterpiece Selections from photographer Steve Schapiro's archives provide an insider's view of the making of the legendary trilogy.This edition is limited to 1,000 copies, each numbered and signed by Steve Schapiro. Imagine the experience of witnessing renowned actors as they made their most memorable performances. Steve Schapiro has had such a privilege as special photographer on some of American cinema's most beloved movies. For Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather trilogy, he immortalized actors such as Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall, and Diane Keaton. Brought together in a book for the first time is a vast selection of images from all three Godfather films, selected from Schaprio's archives. This lavish, limited edition book allows fans a privileged peek behind the scenes in the world of making film history.
Download or read book 1960Now written by Sheila Pree Bright and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “powerful photo collection” documenting the Black Lives Matter movement and its parallels to the historic fight for civil rights (Publishers Weekly). The fight for equality continues, from 1960 to now. Combining portraits of past and present social justice activists with documentary images from recent protests throughout the United States, #1960Now sheds light on the parallels between the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and the Black Lives Matter movement of today. Shelia Pree Bright’s striking black-and-white photographs capture the courage and conviction of ‘60s leaders and a new generation of activists, offering a powerful reminder that the fight for justice is far from over. #1960Now represents an important new contribution to American protest photography. “Visually arresting . . . activism photography shot across the U.S., from Ferguson, Missouri, to Atlanta to Philadelphia.” —Essence “While millions of cellphone photos are generated each day—some forceful testaments to racial violence and injustice—few possess the grace and quiet lyricism of her images.” —The New York Times Lens blog
Download or read book Taxi Driver written by Steve Schapiro and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forget the Ryder Cup, forget Rory McIlroy, forget keeping your head still and correcting your putting stance. Forget eagles and albatrosses and definitely forget holes-in-one. David Godwin has a dream, the same dream held by millions of amateur golfers. He's not aiming to break on to the pro circuit, he's not aiming to break par. David Godwin is going to break 80. Or it's going to break him. Written with humour and charm, Breaking 80 is a book for those who recognise all too well the pleasure of a sweetly struck seven iron to within a few feet of the pin, followed by the agonizing fury of a three-putt back and forth across the cup.
Download or read book Metal Cats written by Alexandra Crockett and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skulls and Siamese. Corpse paint and Persians. Baphomet, pentagrams, blood, and tabbies! Metal Cats combines two amazing subjects: the extreme personalities of the hardcore metal music scene and their adorable kitties. These incredibly cute and fluffy felines have been photographed with their loving owners in and around the dark abodes of musicians, fans, and promoters of metal including members of the bands Black Goat, Thrones, Isis, Lightning Swords of Death, Book of Black Earth, Skarp, Harassor, Akimbo, Aldebaran, Atriarch, Oak, Ghoul, Ludicra, Holy Grail, Xasthur, Cattle Decapitation, Murder Construct, Exhumed, Morbid Angel, Municipal Waste, Skeletonwitch, Gypsyhawk, Nausea, Phobia, and Napalm Death. Metal isn't all dark and disturbing, violent and misanthropic. Metal Cats is proof that while the music may be brutal, the people in the scene are softies for their pets just like you and me... A portion of the proceeds from this book and a series of benefit shows held along the West Coast will go towards one no-kill shelter in each of the four main cities visited.
Download or read book BAM and Then It Hit Me written by Karen Brooks Hopkins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 609 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Emerita of the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Karen Brooks Hopkins pens BAM…and Then It Hit Me, an inspiring memoir of her 36 years at the iconic cultural institution, America's oldest performing arts center. The book has a sharp focus on concepts such as leadership, innovation, urban revitalization (including the transformation of Brooklyn from Manhattan Outpost to the coolest neighborhood on the planet), as highly successful cultural fundraising played critical roles in the colorful evolution of this world-class cultural juggernaut in the performing arts.
Download or read book It s Just Begun written by Ivan Sanchez and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, Hip Hop's First Latino DJ is a gritty and gripping tale of one man's struggles to not only survive, but to triumph over adversity and abuse that will make your blood run cold. By conquering unimaginable obstacles, Wiz offers inspiration to anyone who has ever wondered, "Why me?"
Download or read book New York s Bravest written by Shawn O'Sullivan and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On September 11, the world was made heartbreakingly aware of the risks taken by the New York City Fire Department. But the New York Daily News has been documenting their bravery since 1919. Now, culled from their archive of over 6 million images, this book represents more than eighty years of the FDNY in action: fighting fires, at rest in the station house, training, mourning, protesting and proudly posing for history. A tribute to the dedication, heroism and humanity of the thousands serving in NY, this book is illustrated with 120 colour and b/w photos.
Download or read book The Movie Poster Book written by Steve Schapiro and published by Dutton Adult. This book was released on 1979 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One hundred twenty of the finest film posters from the beginnings of motion pictures to the early 1950s, including posters for The Birth of a Nation, Salome, Camille, and King Kong, are reproduced and accompanied by an account of the techniques of American film-poster production
Download or read book Eye to Eye written by Frans Lanting and published by Taschen America Llc. This book was released on 2009 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eye to Eye, the first personal portfolio by master photographer Frans Lanting, presents an extraordinary collection of animal images by an award-winning photographer and naturalist who has set the standards for a whole generation of wildlife photographers. More than 140 photographs, made over a period of twenty years, reveal the unique personal aesthetic Frans Lanting brings to wildlife photography. This book's exquisite images are accompanied by personal stories and observations from a lifetime of working with wild animals around the world, ranging from orangutans in the rain forests of Borneo to emperor penguins in Antarctica. More than 70 species are represented in this astonishing portrait gallery celebrating the diversity of life on earth. Frans Lanting work has been lauded by designers as art, by biologists as science, and by others as a new vision of the relationship between animals and people.
Download or read book 50 Photographs written by Jessica Lange and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Actress Jessica Lange's career spans more than 30 years and 30 films - the winner of two Academy Awards, she is one of the most acclaimed performers of both screen and stage. 50 Photographs finds her on the other side of the camera. Originally drawn to photography as a medium by which to document her children, Lange has been taking pictures for more than 15 years, approaching the art as an antidote to the constant fervour of Hollywood. A 2007 feature in Aperture presented her work to the public for the first time. This book presents some of her portfolio.
Download or read book Highway 61 written by Jessica Lange and published by powerHouse Books. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal journey made on one of America's most historic and defining routes-Highway 61-by one of Hollywood's finest, most gifted talents--Jessica Lange. "These photographs are a chronicle of what remains and what has disappeared. It has a long memory, Highway 61." - Jessica Lange Renowned actress and photographer Jessica Lange was raised in Northern Minnesota and has travelled the length of Highway 61 countless times since her childhood and throughout her life. This storied route originates at the Canadian border in Minnesota and runs along the great Mississippi river through the American Midwest and South, rolling through eight states, down to New Orleans. With more than 80 stunning tritone photographs, Lange's Highway 61 reveals her deep connection to this iconic route, and presents that which she has long held dear along its way. This is a tale of our shared national heritage as seen by one of the most talented artists of her generation.
