Andy's New Photograph Book

[masayo]

I didn't notice at this news until now.
So I post the info. here.


This is from his site

"Andy’s book of photography, Desirer Walks the Streets, published by Nazraeli Press is now available.

Desirer Walks the Streets presents a dark stream of black and white photographs that are culled from Andy Summers’s life as a traveling musician. From a working life that outwardly would appear to be extroverted and chaotic, Summers has created a set of quietly compelling images that contradict the obvious. Made between 1983 and 2008, with a preference for the night shot, and covering a wide geographical graph from the Alto Plano of Bolivia to the alleys of the Golden Gai in Tokyo, the photographs convey a sense of intimacy, surrealism and situations that may be described as ‘in media res.’ Summers states that his photography may indeed be influenced by his absorption with music and that in a sense the photography he creates is a visual counterpart to the music that never leaves his head. Thus in Summers musical predilections – that may be termed as a taste for the melancholic, the convulsive melodic line, the dark chord with a few stray notes added – we find the brooding minor key photography he is attracted to. He adds that music and photography are kindred spirits in that they are nonverbal arts, but handily, may have interchangeable terms. He describes his own act of photography as tearing pages from a book and then reshuffling the results into a new visual syntax. Desirer Walks the Streets is the third monograph by Andy Summers and his first for Nazraeli Press. Andy Summers has been active as photographer since 1979 with numerous exhibitions, magazine essays, publications, and recently, keynote presentations of his photography. The recipient of a large number of music awards he is also a Doctor of the Arts and a Chevalier des Artes et Lettres."

this is the link for the "Naezaeli Press"
http://www.nazraeli.com/bookdetail.php?book_id=100270

and for Japanese fans "Amazon jp"
http://tinyurl.com/dd2gzk

[DirtyMartini]

Very nice. Thanks, Masayo!


I gotta query, though: "Desirer"?

[nancyrose]

[quote="DirtyMartini"]Very nice. Thanks, Masayo!


I gotta query, though: "Desirer"?[/quote]


Andy always strikes me as being in touch with his "inner Buddha," so maybe this:

http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/200 ... sirer.html

In any case,the book, and Andy's description of it, sounds interesting.

[sockii]

[quote="nancyrose"][quote="DirtyMartini"]Very nice. Thanks, Masayo!


I gotta query, though: "Desirer"?[/quote]


Andy always strikes me as being in touch with his "inner Buddha," so maybe this:

http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/200 ... sirer.html

In any case,the book, and Andy's description of it, sounds interesting.[/quote]

Nice catch, Nancy!

Agree, the book sounds really interesting. Think I'll put it on my birthday wishlist (I hate being broke, otherwise I'd order it immediately!)

[English-lion]

http://www.blackbeltmag.com/andy_summer ... chives/641

[DirtyMartini]

[quote="nancyrose"]Andy always strikes me as being in touch with his "inner Buddha," so maybe this:

http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/200 ... sirer.html

In any case,the book, and Andy's description of it, sounds interesting.[/quote]

Ahhhh. Good call, Nancy. The word in the simple sense of "one who desires" sounds pretty awful aurally, so within that context "desirer" makes way more sense. Thanks!

[IndyGirl]

Thanks for the info, Masayo. It sounds like an interesting book.

[Jose]

Thanks Masayo! Cool News, If the press note announce into the description his travelling to the "Altiplano" of Bolivia obviously it includes his recent january 2009 vist to Peru and Bolivia .... Andy stayed in Peru the first weeks of January 2009 visited Lima a day I imagine, Cuzco more weeks inlcuding Seventh World Wonder Incas lost Citadelle "Machu Picchu", and then traveled by bus or train to Puno -the Altiplano of Peru for visiting Lake Titicaca (the lake where a legend describes the first couple of Incas grow) and the Altiplano and Lake Titicaca side of Bolivia too.

Want to see those pics... I imagine also Lawrence Impey have some shots of Peru too 8)

[masayo]

[quote="nancyrose"][quote="DirtyMartini"]Very nice. Thanks, Masayo!


I gotta query, though: "Desirer"?[/quote]


Andy always strikes me as being in touch with his "inner Buddha," so maybe this:

http://zennist.typepad.com/zenfiles/200 ... sirer.html

In any case,the book, and Andy's description of it, sounds interesting.[/quote]


Yes yes!!!!
I agree that he has been devoting to Buddhism since his early era.
and I'm sure It's one of the big reason why he loves Japan! (I wish so)
Did you read his "One Train Later" book?
I was surprised to know how he was getting into Buddhism deeply.
He must be understand it much more than the big part of us Japanese.

[masayo]

[quote="Jose"]Thanks Masayo! Cool News, If the press note announce into the description his travelling to the "Altiplano" of Bolivia obviously it includes his recent january 2009 vist to Peru and Bolivia .... Andy stayed in Peru the first weeks of January 2009 visited Lima a day I imagine, Cuzco more weeks inlcuding Seventh World Wonder Incas lost Citadelle "Machu Picchu", and then traveled by bus or train to Puno -the Altiplano of Peru for visiting Lake Titicaca (the lake where a legend describes the first couple of Incas grow) and the Altiplano and Lake Titicaca side of Bolivia too.

Want to see those pics... I imagine also Lawrence Impey have some shots of Peru too [/quote]



Jose, I really wish there will be some photos from Peru!!!!!!!
I'too want to see his photos from Peru so much.
and I'm exciting about the info. what says as " the alleys of the Golden Gai in Tokyo"
WOOOOOOOOOOOW
I'm really really looking forword to seeing them!!!!!!!!!

[njperry]

Thanks for the info.

According to Amazon, it won't be released for sale until November:

http://www.amazon.com/Desirer-Walks-Str ... 198&sr=8-1

Will considered getting it. Not sure yet. By November, I may have spent all my book money on multiple copies of Stange Things Happen.

[masayo]

[quote="njperry"]Thanks for the info.

According to Amazon, it won't be released for sale until November:

http://www.amazon.com/Desirer-Walks-Str ... 198&sr=8-1

Will considered getting it. Not sure yet. By November, I may have spent all my book money on multiple copies of Stange Things Happen. [/quote]



njperry, thanks for the info.
and,....oh It's really strange
I just visited amazon.com. with using your link and saw the announsment saying as "This title has not yet been released."

My English friend Jan also said as "It isn't published at amazon.uk yet"
I heard this info. from my friend Heather and I visited "amazon.jp" as soon as I knew this news.
and I could order one for me.
Yesterday I got an e-mail from amazon.jp and they says as "Your order has been shipping."
Ummmmm....????????????
Maybe the publishing company wasn't ready for sale his book yet?
I hope his book will be published U.S, U.K and everywhere soon...

[policerule]

Must. Have.

[secretjourneyranch]

I desirer to buy this book

[luddite lady]

[quote="secretjourneyranch"]I desirer to buy this book[/quote]

You desirer. I desirest!