{"product_id":"simply-tina-tina-turner-photographs-by-paul-cox-9781915841186","title":"Simply Tina: Tina Turner Photographs by Paul Cox","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Martyn Ware (of Heaven 17 and The Human League)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTina Turner: singer, trailblazer, icon. One of the best-known and most-beloved performers of all time, \u003ci\u003eSimply Tina\u003c\/i\u003e documents her life, career, and relationship with celebrated music photographer Paul Cox.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Paul Cox captured Tina's legendary 1983 comeback performance with Heaven 17, it was the beginning of a friendship that would last for over two decades. During that time, Paul was commissioned to photograph Tina for numerous video shoots and live performances.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique and intimate collection contains a variety of never-before-seen images, telling the story of Tina's career through a mixture of live photos, video shoots, promo shots, candid images and sessions in the recording studio, as well as photographs with such high-profile friends as David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Bryan Adams and many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntrinsically linked to\u003cbr\u003ethe music scene from the late 1970's \u003cb\u003ePaul Cox\u003c\/b\u003e started his career at LFI, an\u003cbr\u003eestablished picture agency, where he embarked on an adventurous career\u003cbr\u003ephotographing live bands at venues in London. Artists such as Blondie, Sid\u003cbr\u003eVicious, Ian Drury - to name a few - were photographed by Paul at iconic venues\u003cbr\u003esuch as the Marquee, Hope and Anchor pub and the Electric Ballroom. During this\u003cbr\u003eperiod Paul did a lot of live shoots, but also worked for a number of music\u003cbr\u003emagazines and record companies.\u003cp\u003eAfter three years Paul left the agency and set\u003cbr\u003eup a partnership with a fellow photographer from LFI. They set up a studio in\u003cbr\u003ean amazing run-down building in Belgravia, London. After a few years there they moved\u003cbr\u003eto the studio in Fulham, London going their separate ways in the mid-eighties. Paul\u003cbr\u003ewent on to become one of the most prolific photographers of the music scene in\u003cbr\u003ethat era, photographing pretty much every band that entered the Top 40.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Omnibus Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50646492512530,"sku":"9781915841186","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_67442b48-0d3a-4c04-856c-a3bf5a0da358.jpg?v=1733178335","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/simply-tina-tina-turner-photographs-by-paul-cox-9781915841186","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}