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Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll
Taschen America Llc
June 2013
On Sale: June 1, 2013
Featuring: Elvis Presley
400 pages
ISBN: 3836534231
EAN: 9783836534239
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Photography
The making of Elvis, behind the
scenes"Elvis who?" was photographer Al
Wertheimer's response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor
publicist asked him to shoot 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—as we
now know—about to become a legend. Trailing him like a
shadow, Wertheimer was given unlimited access 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's Elvis project immortalized a
young man in the very process of making history. (Just a
month after he shot Elvis recording the "Don't Be
Cruel"/"Hound Dog" record, it became the first ever to top
all three Billboard charts.) Limited to 1,706 numbered copies signed by Wertheimer, this
Collector's Edition brings together his most remarkable
Elvis shots from 1956, along with a selection from his
historic pictures of the star in 1958 as he was being
shipped off to an army base in Germany. Though many of
Wertheimer's photos of Elvis are among the best known,
nearly half of the photographs in this book have never been
published before. Fans of photojournalism, portraiture, and,
of course, the King himself will covet this collector's volume.
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