When Not Performing

by David Spielman (Photographer), Fred Lyon (Text by)

Overview

An intimate glimpse into the musical world of New Orleans.

There is no dispute that New Orleans is a city defined by its musicians. These revealing portraits of musicians are taken in the places that define them when not on stage. Each portrait is accompanied by a profile compiled from private conversations with the artist, eloquently demonstrating how entwined their lives and talents have become. Included are such well known personalities as Jeremy Davenport, Charmaine Neville, and Clarence Frogman Henry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781455617562
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	10/10/2012
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	10.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

David G. Spielman is an accomplished photographer whose work spans six continents and includes both fine art and hard news photographs. His previous culinary photography includes work for the Junior League of New Orleans' Crescent City Collection: A Taste of New Orleans and Dickie Brennan's The Flavor of New Orleans. He was the first photographer for the culinary magazine Culinary Concierge and several of his images have been featured in national food magazines. Spielman is well known for his portraits of political, literary, artistic, and musical figures, in particular his exclusive shoot of Mikhail Gorbachev at the Churchill Memorial in Missouri in 1992 and later in Moscow at the Gorbachev Foundation annual meeting. Working quickly and simply is his hallmark. Two recent projects of major significance include Southern Writers, a collection of authors photographed in their workspaces, and Katrinaville Chronicles, a photo essay and first-person account of life during and after Hurricane Katrina. Spielman's philosophy is not to overproduce or alter the staging of the shoot to ensure the reality and honesty of the image; too much equipment and too many people alter the connection and bond between subject and photographer. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, and studied in Vienna, Austria, his senior year. In 1996 he was selected as an artist in residence at the National School of Photography in Arles, France. His work is represented in private collections as well as in museums in the U. S. and Great Britain, Austria, France, and Germany. Spielman has lived and worked in New Orleans since the 1970s.