{"product_id":"tom-waits-by-matt-mahurin-hardcover","title":"Tom Waits by Matt Mahurin: Portraits - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Mahurin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTom Waits\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 11.8 x 12 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156702531719,"sku":"9781419739095","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/bfbff9a5befb92e7db264b3e533c0467.webp?v=1733245669","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/tom-waits-by-matt-mahurin-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}