Mmm…Delicious Meat Map (Image Source)
There is something so compelling about a raw steak shaped like our country. It makes me want to eat it, yes, but it also makes me want to find out more about where such a steak might have come from. In this case, it is part of a photo book by Dominic Episcopo, called Meat America.
You can find out more about Meat America, and order a copy for yourself, at This Link.
Photographer Bob Carey has been taking photos of himself posed at varied and beautiful locations around the globe, clothed only in a Pink Tutu, since 2003. Carey is now selling signed, limited edition prints of these photographs and taking pre-orders for a book collection of the Pink Tutu Photos — entitled Ballerina — to be published this fall, with all proceeds going to organizations that fight breast cancer (Carey’s wife Linda is survivor). You can read the back story on The Tutu Project, see more of Bob’s awesome photos and get purchasing information at The Tutu Project.
These days, Peter Hince is a well-respected photographer living in London. But back in the seventies and eighties, when Rock & Roll was still a dangerous and magical thing, Peter was better known by the nickname “Ratty,” and he worked for the rock band Queen; primarily as roadie to Freddie Mercury and Queen Bassist John Deacon. Eventually, he became the head of the entire Queen road crew. Peter also did a lot of the band’s promotional photography while in their employ, some of which you can see at This Link.
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It’s no secret to anyone born prior to 1980 that the best years – the truly Golden years – of Rock music are now decades behind us. By the “best” years, of course, I’m talking about the 1970s. Some of us were lucky enough to live through this truly magical decade that, when speaking of Rock music, came in like a lamb and went out like a lion. Continue reading Must Read Book: Nick Kent’s Apathy For The Devil
Outtake From Cover Shoot for Queen II, 1973, By Mick Rock
Anyone who grew up in the 70s, loving bands like Queen and David Bowie, knows the legacy of photographer Mick Rock. Along with the equally phenomenal Bob Gruen, Rock is a photographer whose skilled eye captured images – fleeting moments in rock history – that were every bit as important to the times as the music being made by those he was shooting. It is not at all surprising that Mick Rock is also known as “The Man Who Shot the 70s.” Mick Rocks!