CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 8/5/2023

Ross Halfin visits Rizzoli Bookstore for the Metallica New York Takeover (TICKETED)

Saturday, August 5, from 6–8 PM, Rizzoli Bookstore presents Metallica: The Black Album in Black & White author Ross Halfin during the Metallica New York Takeover. He will be in conversation with Steffan Chirazi about the book and his close-range photography of the band, followed by a meet and greet. This event is ticketed. Please order here.

PLEASE NOTE:
This event is ticketed. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. There will be lots of standing room.
Doors open at 5:30 PM.
The signing line will only be open to those who have purchased a copy of the book from Rizzoli Bookstore. No other items will be signed. Rizzoli will have a limited quantity of additional books available for sale day of. Can't attend? Preorder your signed copy here.

Following its release in August 1991, Metallica’s landmark self-titled album—better known by fans as the Black Album—debuted at number one in ten countries and spent four consecutive weeks at the top of the Billboard 200. It has since become one of the bestselling albums of all time, selling more than 35 million copies worldwide, spawning numerous singles and earning various industry accolades, including a Grammy, MTV and American Music Awards. The tour that accompanied it was equally gargantuan, with the band clocking in nearly 300 shows in three years.

Official photographer Ross Halfin was in the recording studio with the band and documented the tour that followed. Between 1991 and 1993, he shot thousands of film rolls of the hectic performing schedule and many unique portrait sessions, backstage documentary-style photography, rehearsals, interviews and band meetings. This official Metallica book features many previously unpublished images, with introductions by Ross Halfin, James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Jason Newsted and Robert Trujillo. Printed with a metallic silver jacket with block-foil lettering, it is an epic celebration of one of rock’s greatest creations.

Ross Halfin is one of the world’s leading photographers and has been photographing Metallica since 1984 and has traveled with the band to every continent and almost every country in the world, covering every aspect of the band’s career: in the studio, backstage, on the road and at home. He has photographed almost every major artist and continues to work and travel as first choice photographer for the biggest bands in the world.

Steffan Chirazi is the editor and creative director for So What! Magazine, an in-house publication for Metallica.

Rizzoli Bookstore
Ross Halfin visits Rizzoli Bookstore Metallica New York Takeover
Saturday, August 5: 6–8 PM
1133 Broadway
New York, NY 10010