Beck

Description

Over the past 15 years, photographer Autumn de Wilde and Beck Hansen's friendship and collaboration have yielded a body of work every bit as playful, innovative, and lyrical as his music. This beautifully designed volume, created in collaboration with Beck himself collects the best of these amazing photographs, including images documenting the recording of his seminal album "Mutations"; gorgeous photo sessions informed by surrealism, 'Dada, Op Art', and other creative tangents; and, more intimate portraits.

Autumn De Wilde has photographed numerous musicians, many in great depth, including the White Stripes, Beck, Eels, Spoon, Elliott Smith, Wilco, Rilo Kiley, M. Ward, She and Him, Norah Jones, Neil Young, Built to Spill, Willie Nelson, Sonic Youth, the Raconteurs, Modest Mouse, and many more. Her work has been featured in Vogue, Rolling Stone, the New York Times and lots of other places. She is also the author/photographer of ELLIOTT SMITH and THE WHITE STRIPES. She lives in Los Angeles.

"Enjoying unrestricted access to a rising star, de Wilde has chronicled Beck's career and drawn from that collection for this book. Inserted into the flow of photographs are a series of conversations between the de Wilde and Beck on a wide range of topics. Touching on his early performances, approach to his music, photo sessions, the book covers a lot of ground. Together it offers a closer look at one of the most interesting performers on the scene today." -North Shore News "Autumn de Wilde has photographed just about every L.A. Musician of the past decade. Her friendship with Beck has yielded some of the most insightful pictures of the multifarious musician. With excerpts from conversations between Beck and de Wilde, this is a thorough portrait (pun intended) of the artist and her muse." Los Angeles magazine