ALFRED WERTHEIMER

Cufon.replace('#container h2, #container h3, #container h4',{ fontFamily: 'Trebuchet MS' }); Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll Synopsis This Collector¿s Edition of just 1,706 numbered copies signed by Wertheimer, brings together his most remarkable Elvis shots from 1956, along with a selection of his historic 1958 pictures of the star being shipped off to an army base in Germany. Though many of Wertheimer¿s photos of Elvis are among the best known, nearly half of the photographs in this book have never been published before. Each chapter is illustrated with an original poster created by Hatch Show Print. Since 1879, Hatch printed posters for vaudeville, circuses, and entertainers on world tour in the early 20th century; and created many of the powerful woodblock images to help define the look of country music in the 1940s rock and roll in the ¿50s. Biography Alfred Wertheimer was born in Germany in 1929, emigrated to America and settled in Brooklyn as a young boy. He took an early interest in architecture and design, which led him to Cooper Union, from which he graduated in 1951. Wertheimer¿s photographs, which first gained national attention after Elvis Presley died on August 16, 1977, capture the metamorphosis of pop music and the cultural transformation of America. Todas as informações divulgadas são de responsabilidade do fabricante/fornecedor. Verifique com os fabricantes do produto e de seus componentes eventuais limitações à utilização de todos os recursos e funcionalidades.