When photographer Ann Summa arrived in Los Angeles in 1978, the city's punk scene was still fresh, diverse, smart, utterly original--and fertile territory for a young photographer. The Beautiful & the Damned is a collection of her portraits of the musicians, artists and fans who made Los Angeles such a crucial part of the history of punk. Taken between 1978 and 1984, the images mostly revolve around L.A.'s first punk generation, and include portraits of the Germs, the Screamers, X, the Cramps and the Gun Club, among many ...
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When photographer Ann Summa arrived in Los Angeles in 1978, the city's punk scene was still fresh, diverse, smart, utterly original--and fertile territory for a young photographer. The Beautiful & the Damned is a collection of her portraits of the musicians, artists and fans who made Los Angeles such a crucial part of the history of punk. Taken between 1978 and 1984, the images mostly revolve around L.A.'s first punk generation, and include portraits of the Germs, the Screamers, X, the Cramps and the Gun Club, among many others. From there, the book expands its scope to accommodate the cross-pollination that took place between L.A.'s punk scene and the fine art community, (at the time, the audience for avant-garde artists such as the Kipper Kids, Johanna Went and Laurie Anderson was primarily drawn from the underground music scene), and the two other cities--London and New York--that played a central role in the birthing of punk. Photographed during their first U.S. tours are U.K. groups the Clash, Magazine, the Fall, the Slits, Bow Wow Wow and the Pretenders, among others. Visiting dignitaries from New York include Television, James Chance, Lydia Lunch and Talking Heads. Also included are portraits of artists who served as an inspiration to L.A. punks--Captain Beefheart, Iggy Pop and David Bowie, among others--plus candid shots of unidentified audience members. Edited and with an introduction by Kristine McKenna, The Beautiful & The Damned includes 95 previously unpublished images. Ann Summa studied photography in Japan. Her work has been regularly published for the past 30 years in publications including Artnews , Rolling Stone and The Los Angeles Times .
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(SUMMA, ANN). Summa, Ann, Kristine McKenna & Exene Cervenka. THE BEAUTIFUL & THE DAMNED: PUNK PHOTOGRAPHS BY ANN SUMMA. NP: Foggy Notion Books, 2010. First Edition 1/1500. 4to. Pictorial Boards. Music Photography Monograph. As New/No Jacket-As Issued. 112pp, profusely illustrated in b&w. Designed by Lorraine Wild at Green Dragon Office. "When photographer Ann Summa arrived in Los Angeles in 1978, the city's punk scene was still fresh, diverse, smart, utterly original, and fertile territory for a young photographer". Any of you even remotely conversant with Los Angeles punk scene of the late seventies and early eighties should remember Ann Summa's striking photographs that appeared regularly in the late, great Slash magazine. Now some thirty years later, Foggy Notion Books has just produced "The Beautiful & the Damned: Punk Photographs by Ann Summa"-a lovely hardbound volume filled with these vintage gritty and endearing images; many collected here in book form for the first time! Edited and with an introduction by Kristine McKenna, it features iconic portraits of everyone from local heroes X, Gun Club, The Screamers, The Germs, Johanna Went, and The Kipper Kids to Television, Talking Heads, The Cramps, R.E.M., The Clash, Sex Pistols, Iggy Pop, Captain Beefheart, and many, many more. A brand new, most handome example still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. 1-935202-27-8 Inventory Number: 027350.
Add this copy of The Beautiful & the Damned: Punk Photographs By Ann to cart. $771.03, good condition, Sold by Goodwill Southern California rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Foggy Notion Books/Smart Art Press.
