{"product_id":"tom-waits-by-matt-mahurin-portraits-9781419739095","title":"Tom Waits by Matt Mahurin: Portraits","description":"\u003cb\u003eA collection of wildly inventive portraits of musician Tom Waits, the result of a 30-year collaboration with photographer and illustrator Matt Mahurin.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This visually arresting coffee table book is a testament to the unique collaboration, going back three decades, between the photographer and illustrator Matt Mahurin and the musician Tom Waits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Having shot magazine portraits, album covers, and music videos of Waits, Mahurin was inspired to resurrect 100 dormant film negatives as a jumping off point to explore his own surreal, poetic, and occasion­ally dark vision. The images vary from traditional por­traits to ones that capture Waits in concert--but the majority are richly imagined scenes in which Waits is more muse than musician. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In addition to the diverse images, \u003ci\u003eTom Waits by Matt Mahurin\u003c\/i\u003e includes a foreword by Waits, an essay by Mahurin on their longtime collaboration, and 20 original paintings, drawings, photographs, and digital images inspired by Waits's song titles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"At once mysterious and revealing, photographer Matt Mahurin's \u003ci\u003eTom Waits\u003c\/i\u003e is an evocative visual tribute to one of rock's visionary eccentrics.\" --\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatt Mahurin\u003c\/b\u003e's work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. He has directed music videos for Waits, U2, Metallica, Sting, David Byrne, Lou Reed, and Joni Mitchell. He lives in California. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Waits \u003c\/b\u003eis an American singer-songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. He has won multiple Grammy Awards and was nominated for an Academy Award for the original score for \u003ci\u003eOne from the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2016, he received the PEN Literary Award for Song Lyrics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Harry N. Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50849930903826,"sku":"9781419739095","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_5d49a214-1129-4927-9df9-9b46edeea22e.jpg?v=1737403756","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tom-waits-by-matt-mahurin-portraits-9781419739095","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}