Star Trak

One of his unmistakable qualities is his ability to see directly through his subject's masquerades. Corbijn has moved beyond the boundaries of music photography and Star Trak reads like a visual encyclopedia of the icons of our culture. From film directors like Wim Wenders, David Lynch, and Martin Scorsese to actors like Johnny Depp, Gerard Depardieu and Jodie Foster, and including such familiar faces like Mick Jagger, Kurt Cobain, and William S. Burroughs, Corbijn takes us through the looking glass to redefine the character of today's cult heroes.. Taken primarily in black & white, most of Corbijn’s photographs are shot in those quiet moments between performances. Anton Corbijn initiated a new era in portrait photography for the rock and pop music scene with his atmospheric, often melancholy images

There are some powerful photographs here--Sinead O'Connor, David Byrne, William S. Some are playful, such as those of Mick Jagger cavorting in a pair of masks. The majority of Corbijn's photographs are raw and unsettling; few are possible to ignore. Anton Corbijn has "a reluctance to impose" on his subjects that they admire, "a way of making you feel that you wouldn't mind experimentally making an arse of yourself--because he doesn't either," says Brian Eno, whose eerie portrait is one of the more arresting images in this collection of Corbijn's work. Some are decidedly unflattering: Johnny Cash looks like a cadaver, Neil Young like an ex-con who could use a kind word. Burroughs--that stand as testament to the portraitist's talents. His use of c

Great As hoped:-) Anton is a joy to watch. It's not the famous people, it's the way the pictures are taken.. De Clercq Anne said Quality product of a great photographer. Anton Corbijn is well known in the world of musicians ,actors ,writers,poets and other artperformers .He photographed them in an unusuale and exceptional way in beautiful black and white pictures. I highly recommend to anyone who likes the portrait genre in photography Absolutely incredible book, I highly recommend to anyone who likes the portrait genre in photography