Just Loomis

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Just Loomis: As We Are Edited by June Newton. Text by Matthias Harder. Just Loomis' first photographs were made in the mid-1970s, recording the railway lines and the casinos of his birthplace in Reno, Nevada; they tell of the highs and lows of everyday
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HATJE CANTZ
ISBN: 9783775726368
$60.00 | In stock

Just Loomis: a-ha In an age of music videos whose rate of viral spread eclipses that of any other music format, the 1985 video for a-ha's immortal synth-pop hit Take on Me endures as one of
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FORLAGET PRESS
ISBN: 9788275474290
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Just Loomis

Just Loomis: a-ha

The Photos

Published by Forlaget Press

In an age of music videos whose rate of viral spread eclipses that of any other music format, the 1985 video for a-ha's immortal synth-pop hit "Take on Me" endures as one of the classics of the genre. As new generations discover the greatness of a-ha, photographer Just Loomis, who shot the cover images for five a-ha albums, and who has been documenting the band since the glory days of "Take on Me," publishes his superb collection of never-before-seen a-ha photographs.

Just Loomis: As We Are

Edited by June Newton. Text by Matthias Harder.
Published by Hatje Cantz

Just Loomis' first photographs were made in the mid-1970s, recording the railway lines and the casinos of his birthplace in Reno, Nevada; they tell of the highs and lows of everyday life in the American West. A former assistant and friend of Helmut Newton's, Loomis (born 1957) worked in the 1980s as a fashion photographer for magazines such as Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times Magazine. Turning to portraiture and documentary photography in 1990, Loomis began to make portrait photographs, in both black and white and in color, that show a raw and affectionate view of everyday life in America: a waitress behind a counter in a Hollywood diner, a young couple exuding the bliss of early romance, or children caught in moments of play. From his earliest work through to this latest collection, the photographer's first monograph, Loomis' method has been to insist on the value and beauty of what lies immediately to hand, and to locate the moments that illuminate that fact for the viewer. As June Newton states, "He understands these people, as he comes from the same place. These pictures are without artifice of any kind... I call them a perfect example of Americana today."