Extraordinary in its intimacy and scope, Alfred Wertheimer\u2019s Elvis Presley portfolio immortalized the singer on the brink of superstardom. A jewel for any Elvis fan, this Collector\u2019s Edition, signed by Wertheimer, brings together remarkable shots of the singer from 1956 and 1958. Nearly half of these photographs have never been published before.<\/p>\n
\u201cElvis who?\u201d was photographer Alfred Wertheimer\u2019s response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was\u2014as we now know\u2014about to become a legend. Trailing him like a shadow, Wertheimer was given unlimited scope to get up close and personal with Elvis; even as the singer was seducing young women in dark hallways, he allowed the photographer to record his every move. Wertheimer took nearly 3,000 photographs of Presley that year, creating a penetrating portrait of a man poised on the brink of superstardom. Extraordinary in its intimacy and unparalleled in its scope, Wertheimer\u2019s Elvis project immortalized a young man in the very process of making history. (Just a month after he shot Elvis recording the \u201cDon\u2019t Be Cruel\u201d\/\u201cHound Dog\u201d record, it became the first ever to top all three Billboard charts.)<\/p>\n
This Collector\u2019s Edition of just 1,706 numbered copies signed by Wertheimer brings together his most remarkable Elvis shots from 1956, along with a selection of his historic 1958 pictures of the star being shipped off to an army base in Germany. Though many of Wertheimer\u2019s photos of Elvis are among the best known, nearly half of the photographs in this book have never been published before. Each chapter is illustrated with an original poster created for this book by Hatch Show Print, one of the oldest letterpress print shops in America. In business since 1879, Hatch printed posters for vaudeville, circuses, and entertainers on world tour in the early 20th century; and created many of the powerful woodblock images that helped define the look of country music in the 1940s and rock and roll (including many early Elvis posters) in the \u201950s. Fans of photojournalism, portraiture, and, of course, the King himself will covet this collector\u2019s volume.<\/p>\n
Hardcover in clamshell box, letterpress-printed chapter openers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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