Music for the eyes by Mark Seliger

Music for the eyes by Mark Seliger

The Rolling Stones, Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash, P. Diddy, in the past two decades, the biggest of the music world were all photographed by Mark Seliger. A chronicle of the best portraits of the former Rolling-Stone picture chief executive has now been introduced and named The Music Book. His iconic portraits are not just fleeting snapshots, it furthermore happened sometimes that he secluded himself to meticulous prepare the one and only shot. Seliger’s pictures of nearly two decades music photography can be regarded as a late-80s incipient chronicle covering all the major key players of the music world. The almost always controversial photographies still offer space for a smart aestheticism, and as this it deserves a place in an enthusiast’s collection.