Jean-Baptiste Mondino: Guitar Eros
Mondino's photographs and video clips radically changed the commercial strategies of the rock, pop and fashion industry. Yet, Mondino originally started as a disc jockey and composer. Music is still his favorite subject and the guitar his favorite instrument. No wonder, since Picasso's and Braque's created their first guitar still lifes, this instrument stands for the mesmerizing combination of music, erotics, and modernism.\ In his new book Mondino presents his guitar photographs of the past...
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Mondino's photographs and video clips radically changed the commercial strategies of the rock, pop and fashion industry. Yet, Mondino originally started as a disc jockey and composer. Music is still his favorite subject and the guitar his favorite instrument. No wonder, since Picasso's and Braque's created their first guitar still lifes, this instrument stands for the mesmerizing combination of music, erotics, and modernism.In his new book Mondino presents his guitar photographs of the past twenty years. They portray famous rock and pop musicians such as Mick Jagger, Madonna, Tom Waits, and Keith Richards; models and celebrities with guitars; and numerous anonymous guitar players. Central subject and the undisputed star of each picture, however, is the guitar itself. Mirela Roncevic Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information - Library Journal The guitar has been and remains the very epitome of eroticism; no other instrument has managed to transcend its pop culture appeal. This collection of French photo and advertising guru Mondino's 139 color and black-and-white images attests to the guitar's enduring popularity among the famous and the completely unknown.
\ Library JournalThe guitar has been and remains the very epitome of eroticism; no other instrument has managed to transcend its pop culture appeal. This collection of French photo and advertising guru Mondino's 139 color and black-and-white images attests to the guitar's enduring popularity among the famous and the completely unknown.\ \ —Mirela Roncevic Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information\ \
