Music in the '80s

(Hardback)

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Over the past 50 years, Goldsmith has photographed hundreds of musicians in studio portrait sessions, at live concerts, on the road and at home. Her new book, Music in the 80s, showcases an incredible range of artists during a decade when many new forms of music were gaining popularity: New Wave, Electronica, Rap, Metal, and Ska had chart topping success, as did R&B and Pop. Michael Jackson, Philip Glass, Run DMC, Miles Davis, Judas Priest - these are but a few of the names that during this period became icons.The 80s was a time like no other in history, and the photographs chosen for this book are as diverse in their style as the music and dress of the decade.

The book also features quotes from many of the people featured in Goldsmiths photographsincluding Iggy Pop, Tina Turner, Keith Richards, Alice Cooper, Elvis Costello and moreas well as those who were influenced by the tremendous cultural importance of the decade, proving that Music in the 80s is sure to hit the right note for all lovers of music.

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"[Lynn Goldsmith's] latest book, Music in the 80s, dives into over 150 beloved rockstars of the 1980swith recognizable figures like Bob Marley, David Bowie, Elton John, Grace Jones, and more harmoniously appearing in the melodic compilation. The book boasts yellow-hued, stoic portraiture throughout while louder-than-life imagesboth serious and vulnerablemake their mark in noir, too...Continuing to march to the beat of her own drum, Music in the 80s is Goldsmiths evocative love letter to a most beloved decade."V MAGAZINE

"Photographer Lynn Goldsmiths Music In The 80s (released in September) is not just another coffee table collection of rock n roll photography. Flip through a few pages and youll find, among the 250 vivid captures of the Grammy-winning crowd, something more complexthe work of a thoroughly versatile portraitist and documentarian.The operative word here is versatile. Goldsmiths imagery resolutely defies pigeonholing. Once asked to characterize her style Goldsmith replied, I dont have a styleto me, the camera is a tool. It helps me to manifest my ideas Her latest monograph showcases that creative independence. And she couldnt have chosen a better era in which to do it than the genre-bending epoch of the 80s."RANGEFINDER

Music in the 80s (Rizzoli) showcases the dazzling breadth of the Me Decade: The Rolling Stones to The Boss; Herbie Hancock to Run DMC; Madonna to Goldsmiths old college pal Iggy Pop; The Pretenders to, yes, Barry Manilow."NEW YORK POST

"MTV originated in the 1980s, making musicians more image conscious than ever, and shooting on assignment...Lynn Goldsmith covered the decade like few photographers have. Now the visualizations of Goldsmiths indelible music memories are assembled and collected together in a single volume, Music in the 80s (Rizzoli)...This colossal coffee table book is expansive enough to encapsulate the rambunctious decade that gave us New Wave, Punk, Hip-hop, Heavy Metal, the ballads of Billy Joel and beyond. At 352 pages, the 1310 inches tome is big enough to hold Goldsmiths spontaneous, in-performance and posed portraits of a cornucopia of talents, including: Bruce Springsteen, Boy George, the Eurythmics, Carlos Santana, Carly Simon, Grace Jones, Dolly Parton, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, The Go-Gos, Iggy Pop, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Joe Cocker, Joan Jett, Johnny Cash, Kiss, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed, Madonna, Meat Loaf, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Sting, The Ramones, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads/David Byrne, Bono (who, in the books introductory quotes, calls the 80s: The decade taste forgot) and so on."ROCK CELLAR MAGAZINE

"From new wave to heavymetal, Iggy Pop to Elvis Costello, music in the '80s was enormously influential. Drawing from Lynn Goldsmith's 50-year tenure as an award-winning photographer of concerts, studio portrait sessions and musicians, this book will appeal to anyone who lived through (or simply loves) the decade."HUDSON VALLEY MAGAZINE

Author Bio

Lynn Goldsmith is a celebrity portrait photographer, as well as a fine art photographer and painter. In the past she has been an entrepreneur, film director, recording artist, and lyricist.