CLOSER
Soeren Solkaer Starbird
Hardbound,
10" x 13", 238
pages
167 color and 22 black and white illustrations
2009, Ginko Press
From the Publisher:
This is the man who, over the past decade, has taken
amazing photographs of many of the world’s leading musicians.
Closer is a collection of the works of Soren Solkaer
Starbird, a Danish photographer who has risen to astronomical
heights in the world of international photography. His portraits,
ranging from deep and intimate studies to large format cinematic
scenes shot in mind-blowing locations, have been published on
the covers of the world’s leading magazines: Q, GQ, Arena,
Rolling Stone and Wallpaper.
Artists featured in this, his second
volume of work, include young, upcoming artists such as Amy Winehouse,
Arctic Monkeys, Lily Allen, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, The
White Stripes and The Killers, together with established music
icons such as U2, Oasis, Robert Plant, Metallica, Damon Albarn,
Patti Smith, and Paul McCartney.
An exhibition of the works featured
in Closer opened in Copenhagen, Denmark, this year
and will travel internationally to prestigious destinations
such as London and Beijing.
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