Elvis: The Personal Archives Book
Elvis: The Personal Archives
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Beginning in 2000, with the cooperation of the Elvis Presley Enterprises, artist Jeff Scott gained unlimited access to Elvis' personal artifacts to create a complex portrait of the music legend through his belongings. Scott's images reveal the humanity of Elvis behind the recognizable celebrity veneer.
As an example, the way Scott juxtaposes a gun from Elvis' collection and vanity police badges reveals a fundamental rift between Presley's rebellious reputation and his interest in law enforcement. Other photos in the book include the gold bedside telephone, the TV with a bullet hole though the screen and the travel trunk filled with scarves still in their dry cleaning plastic. These provide a rare portrayal of Elvis' inner life, placing the public man in an intimate context. Throughout, Scott explores our complex relationship with modern celebrity culture and the ways in which our possessions and material objects outlive us to tell our story.
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Jeff Scott is known for his dramatic imagery of America's historic and cultural landscape and his work is in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art, the Smithsonian, Disneyland, Ralph Lauren, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
E.A. Carmean, Jr., the art historian, includes among his books Great Decade of American Abstraction: Modernist Art, 1960 to 1970.
Elvis: The Personal Archives
Product Details
Hardcover: 120 pages
Publisher: Channel Photographics LLC (October 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN: 0976670828
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Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD
Never before have we seen an Elvis Presley concert from the 1950's with sound. Until Now! The DVD Contains recently discovered unreleased film of Elvis performing 6 songs, including Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Be Cruel, live in Tupelo Mississippi 1956. Included we see a live performance of the elusive Long Tall Sally seen here for the first time ever. + Plus Bonus DVD Audio.
This is an excellent release no fan should be without it.
The 'parade' footage is good to see as it puts you in the right context with color and b&w footage. The interviews of Elvis' Parents are well worth hearing too. The afternoon show footage is wonderful and electrifying : Here is Elvis in his prime rocking and rolling in front of 11.000 people. Highly recommended.
Tupelo's Own Elvis Presley DVD Video with Sound.
