Russell“Russ”Melcher来到欧洲,拍摄当时的超级明星,要么是在他们访问巴黎和法国期间,要么是陪同他们环游世界。他目睹了从电影节到恐怖袭击的许多世界事件。其中描绘的是王室,如温莎,格蕾丝·凯利和摩纳哥,以及电影传奇人物,如罗米·施耐德,阿兰·德隆,伯特·兰开斯特,埃罗·弗林,阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克,索菲亚·罗兰,碧姬·芭铎,以及音乐传奇人物,如弗兰克·辛纳屈,埃尔维斯·普雷斯利,哈利·贝拉方特和伊夫·蒙塔德。后来,Russ Melcher成为传奇图片社的总监,并与摄影传奇人物Robert Capa, Henry Cartier-Bresson, Ian Berry, Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt等合作。这本大幅面写真书是关于图像和人物背后的故事。有趣,幽默,但也深刻,Russ描述了他照片的方式,他的个人视角,直到这个“新闻摄影的黄金时代”摄影故事的重要性。Russ Melcher是那个时代的重要见证者,也是一位在巴黎的美国艺人,他鼓励他的主角们做一些很少有摄影师能做到的事情,他是那个时代的明星们忠实而值得信赖的伙伴。这本书是根据罗素的二十年和他与当时的明星的接触来组织的。英文和德文文本。
• When photography made history: The '50s and '60s through the lens of a World Chronicler
• Legendary photographer and director Russell Melcher tells the stories behind the images
• Unique encounters with Alfred Hitchcock, Romy Schneider, Edith Piaf and many others
Russell "Russ" Melcher came to Europe and photographed the superstars of the time, either during their visits to Paris and France or accompanied them on worldwide trips. He witnessed many world events from film festivals to terrorist attacks. Among the portrayed were royal families like the Windsors, Grace Kelly & the Monegasques, as well as film legends like Romy Schneider, Alain Delon, Burt Lancaster, Erol Flynn, Alfred Hitchcock, Sofia Loren, Brigitte Bardot, and music legends like Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Harry Belafonte, and Yves Montand. Later Russ Melcher became director of the legendary photo agency and worked with photo legends Robert Capa, Henry Cartier-Bresson, Ian Berry, Bruce Davidson, Elliott Erwitt, to name a few. This large-format photo book is about the stories behind the images and personalities. Entertaining, humorous, but also profound, Russ describes his way to the perfect photo, his individual perspective, up to the importance of photographic storytelling of this 'Golden Age of Photojournalism'. Russ Melcher is an important witness to that time, but also an American entertainer in Paris who encouraged his protagonists to do things that few photographers could manage, a true and trusted partner to the stars of that era through the ages. The book is organized according to the two decades and Russell's encounters with the stars of the time. Text in English and German.
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