Elvis - by Alfred Wertheimer & Peter Guralnick (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>This volume contains a true treasure trove of spontaneous and completely unrehearsed photographs of The King of Rock n Roll. <i>Elvis</i> both famous pictures and some that have never before been published.</b> <p/> In 1956, a twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley was at the<b> beginning of his remarkable and unparalleled career</b> and <b>photographer Alfred Wertheimer was asked</b> by Presley's new label, RCA Victor, to photograph the rising star. With <b>unimpeded </b>access to the young performer, Wertheimer was able to capture the<b> unguarded and everyday moments</b> in Elvis' life during that crucial year. <p/> This was a year that took Presley from Tupelo, Mississippi<b> to the silver screen</b>, and to the verge of <b>international </b>stardom and to his coronation as "<b>The King of Rock 'n' Roll</b>." As<b> Alfred Wertheimer photographed Elvis during 1956</b>, and again in <b>1958</b>, he created<b> classic images</b> that are <b>spontaneous</b>, <b>unrehearsed </b>and completely <b>without artifice</b>. <p/> Wertheimer's photographs of Elvis are extraordinary and he appears almost <b>ethereal</b>, whether<b> reading a newspaper</b> while waiting for a cab, or washing his hands during one of his many<b> train trips</b>. After 1958 and Elvis' induction into the army, the world seemingly forgot about<b> Wertheimer's magical photographs</b> - for nineteen years - until Aug 16, 1977, the day Elvis died and <i>Time</i> Magazine called. "The phone hasn't really stopped ringing in the last thirty years," observes Wertheimer. <p/> Many of the photographs in this visual treasury are<b> previously unpublished</b> and some have become <b>almost </b>as famous as the man himself.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Alfred Wertheimer </b>was born in Germany in 1930, came to America and settled in Brooklyn as a young boy. He took an early interest in architecture and design, which led him to Cooper Union, from which he graduated in 1951. In the spring of 1956, a series of commercial assignments for RCA Records led to a shoot of a newly signed singer named Elvis Presley. Instantly impressed, Wertheimer devoted four months of his own time to intensely shadow the young star. The result would be the most intimate and candid look at the future legend ever recorded. </p><p><b>Peter Guralnick</b> is an award-winning biographer of Elvis Presley and author of Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love. A music critic, screenwriter, and historian of American popular music, he is also the author of Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke.</p>
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