When Not Performing
New Orleans Musicians
Pelican Publishing Co
Published on 10. October 2012
Book
Hardback
160 pages
978-1-4556-1756-2 (ISBN)
Description
An intimate glimpse into the musical world of New Orleans.
There is no dispute that New Orleans is a city defined by its musicians. These revealing portraits of musicians are taken in the places that define them when not on stage. Each portrait is accompanied by a profile compiled from private conversations with the artist, eloquently demonstrating how entwined their lives and talents have become. Included are such well known personalities as Jeremy Davenport, Charmaine Neville, and Clarence Frogman Henry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Gretna, LA
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 257 mm
Width: 262 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1089 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4556-1756-2 (9781455617562)
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David G. Spielman is an accomplished photographer whose work spans six continents and includes both fine art and hard news photographs. His previous culinary photography includes work for the Junior League of New Orleans' Crescent City Collection: A Taste of New Orleans and Dickie Brennan's The Flavor of New Orleans. He was the first photographer for the culinary magazine Culinary Concierge and several of his images have been featured in national food magazines. Spielman is well known for his portraits of political, literary, artistic, and musical figures, in particular his exclusive shoot of Mikhail Gorbachev at the Churchill Memorial in Missouri in 1992 and later in Moscow at the Gorbachev Foundation annual meeting. Working quickly and simply is his hallmark. Two recent projects of major significance include Southern Writers, a collection of authors photographed in their workspaces, and Katrinaville Chronicles, a photo essay and first-person account of life during and after Hurricane Katrina. Spielman's philosophy is not to overproduce or alter the staging of the shoot to ensure the reality and honesty of the image; too much equipment and too many people alter the connection and bond between subject and photographer. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and studied in Vienna, Austria, his senior year. In 1996 he was selected as an artist in residence at the National School of Photography in Arles, France. His work is represented in private collections as well as in museums in the U. S. and Great Britain, Austria, France, and Germany. Spielman has lived and worked in New Orleans since the 1970s.