Kniha, mäkká Ralph Gibson Rok vydania: 2008 Vydavatestvo: Museum of Fine Arts Jazyk: anglicky In this appealing book, acclaimed photographer Ralph Gibson offers more than sixty intimate black-and-white portraits of guitar masters playing their instruments. Focusing his expert lens on musicians who have lent their unmistakable voices to virtually every musical genrejazz, funk, rock, acoustic, blues, fusion, classical, and experimentalGibson reveals in each photograph the intense relationship of the player with his belovedaxe.  The musicians in turn offer individual meditations on the guitar and insights into the passion they share for it. State of the Axe features guitarists across several generations, from early jazz greats to hip modern rockers, as they play their widely varied guitars, including traditional six-strings, double necks, ten-strings, and fretless models. Gibsons images capture the enduring appeal of the instrument and the intense, often rapturous expressions of t