powerHouse

Foto: Peter Sutherland. Porträtt av Earsnot

powerHouse från New York är det förlag som under de senaste åren har dunkat ut coffetableböcker som känns fräscha, presis som Taschen gjorde för några år sedan. powerHouse har dessutom ett alldeles utmärkt galleri (kolla förra inlägget) som ligger på en bakgata som känns som bara bakgator kan göra i NY, som på film med andra ord ! Två av mina favoritböcker...

Autograph by Peter Sutherland

A controversial art form and provocative cultural phenomenon, graffiti has inestimably influenced our entire environment—from music and fashion to advertising, architecture, and graphic arts. Yet it is an illegal activity, which makes its practitioners wanted criminals. Motivated by a desire for self-expression and recognition, the act of marking one’s territory is done at the risk of severe consequences including fines and jail time. Graffiti writers are outlaws, unknown artists whose faces are known only to their peers. Treated as criminals by the law and dismissed as artists by the establishment, writers are perceived as either alluring antiheroes or loathsome vandals, and usually remain anonymous to their audience. But not to photographer Peter Sutherland.
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Too fast for love by David Yellen

Rocking on tour with America’s heavy metal superstars—Kiss, Poison, Iron Maiden, Slaughter, Ted Nugent, Dokken, and Cinderellla—photographer David Yellen captures the classically trashy style of the headbangers, metalheads, burnouts and self-styled fanatics, tailgating in anticipation of the show or hanging by the backstage door, hoping to make it to the promised land of the band’s dressing rooms.

In “Too Fast For Love,” Yellen travels from Michigan to Miami, from Pennsylvania to Omaha, to explore a moment frozen in hairspray, bleached perms, mullets, denim cut-offs, spandex cat suits, more pleather than you can imagine, leopard, tiger, and snake prints, ripped fishnets, bare breasts and hairy chests, G-strings and platforms, pierced nipples and tongues, studded belts and bracelets, press-on nails, raccoon eyes and hyper lip-liner. Bang your head to this!
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Man skulle ju kunna gissa på att bokens titel är tagen från Mötley Crue's första platta som just hette "Too fast for love" och när vi ändå är inne på de gamla spandexrockarna så måste jag väl puscha för boken The Dirt historien om Mötley Crue... Bokens existens kan ju inte ha undgått någon vid det här laget men om ni inte har läst mesterverket redan så se till att göra det. Boken brukar finnas på välsorterade Pocketshop eller hos Akademibokhandeln... God läsning.