The magazine of the photo-essay
April 2017 back issue
by Richard Ehrlich
“A free, really high quality photo-essay magazine. Fabulous!”
Stephen Fry. British actor, writer and film & documentary maker
Can one capture, in photographic portraiture, the intense inner depth of
emotion experienced while listening to music of one’s choice?
In 1872 Darwin published his seminal treatise The Expression of the
Emotions in Man and Animals which intersected with the dawn of
photography. While the study of physiognomy has limited scientific validity,
it nevertheless provides the impetus for linking portraiture and emotion. If
“the face is the window to one’s soul,” capturing the rhapsody of emotion
through facial expression provides a unique window into each artist’s inner
being.
In this book, 40 legendary musicians from a range of genres were
photographed while listening to three pieces of music of their choice. (With
only two exceptions, they chose the music of other musicians rather than their own.) Music, painting and photography―
indeed all art forms―share a common nexus for experiencing feeling, and are inextricably linked in contextualizing
human emotion. Face the Music helps redefine the profound and transcendent influence music has on human emotion.
Esperanza Spalding.
Graham Nash.
Herb Alpert.
Herbie Hancock.
Joe Walsh.
John Densmore.
Lani Hall.
Lars Ulrich.
LeAnn Rimes.
Leon Russell.
Michael Buble.
Quincy Jones.
Ringo Starr.
Robbie Robertson.
Robby Krieger.
Roger Daltrey.
Sheryl Crow.
RZA.
