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Reel Art Press

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Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 272 pgs / 325 color / 40 bw.

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Catalog: SPRING 2020 p. 42   

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ISBN 9781909526693 TRADE
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Marilyn Manson by Perou

21 Years in Hell

Text by Marilyn Manson, Perou.

Marilyn Manson by Perou

Marilyn Manson behind the scenes and onstage, in classic and previously unpublished images by his foremost portraitist

“I often get asked, ‘Who was your favorite person to photograph?’ or ‘Who is the best person you’ve photographed?’” says photographer Perou. “It’s always ‘Marilyn Manson.’ Which is just as well, considering how many times I’ve photographed him.” Perou has been photographing Marilyn Manson since a 1998 magazine cover shoot. Twenty-one years of collaborating have resulted in this unique book, featuring over 350 photographs including previously unpublished work, conceptual portraits, onstage and informal behind-the-scenes images, giving a rare insight into Manson’s world.

The accompanying text is formed from conversations between the two, discussing the work and their friendship—funny, honest and at times a raw reflection on their individual histories and collaboration. Manson comments, “I just remember the first time you showed up you had more rings than me. You look still, and did at the time, like you were going to be in that movie Romper Stomper: bomber jacket, high laced boots, fully British, barely understandable.” Manson later reflects, “I became automatically comfortable around you and that’s the most important part.” This rapport and mutual respect for each other’s artistry is evident in the work. Of his favourite subject, Perou muses, “Probably all music photographers wanted to be in a band … I’ve always enjoyed dressing up and used to enjoy being the center of attention. Sometimes that’s been a problem, when you turn up looking cooler than the ‘talent,’ but I never turned up looking cooler than Marilyn Manson, ever.”

British photographer Perou (born 1970) is one of the world’s leading portrait photographers. He has worked with many famous bands, artists and personalities, such as Al Gore, Gillian Anderson, David Attenborough, Led Zeppelin, Coldplay, Damien Hirst, David Beckham, Jay-Z, Missy Elliott, the Spice Girls, Tracey Emin and U2.


Featured image is reproduced from 'Marilyn Manson by Perou.'

PRAISE AND REVIEWS

Guardian

Editors

London-based photographer Perou has been photographing Marilyn Manson for more than 20 years, and a new book chronicles the highs and lows of their intimate relationship.

GQ

Thomas Barrie

Marilyn Manson is pretty much a hard rock and metal photographer’s dream subject and so Perou, the artist who has photographed him consistently on tour, in public and for the press over the last 20 years, ought to be pretty happy with himself.

i-D

Oliver Lunn

Marilyn Manson is effortlessly iconic. Perou[...], Manson’s principal photographer for over 20 years has chronicled the singer’s stylistic evolution in his new book.

Dazed

Ashleigh Kane

Alongside photographs of Manson at home, on the toilet, on stage, in his dressing room, in the streets, and on roof tops, transcripts of Perou and Manson’s conversations offer intimate and eye-opening insights of their time together.

Marilyn Manson by Perou

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FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/31/2020

The joys of Hell on Earth in 'Marilyn Manson by Perou'

The joys of Hell on Earth in 'Marilyn Manson by Perou'

Featured spreads are reproduced from Marilyn Manson by Perou: 21 Years in Hell, easily our favorite 2020 book for the pagan holiday meant to celebrate the dead and ward off ghosts. A collection of 325 color photographs (many of which have never been published before) by Manson's foremost portrait photographer of the past two decades, this is, in every way, a cult object. Clearly, Manson loves the camera and the camera loves Manson. The book also contains a running interview, in which Manson comments back and forth with Perou on the photographs and the moods, ideas and experiences that came with them. In one exchange about the power of the image, Manson says, "There’s a big difference between someone who is a photographer as an artist and someone who happens to just have a camera you know? And granted, good luck to aspiring photographers, but just because you have a fucking Instagram page does not make you Perou. That’s your quote." And so it is. continue to blog


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