{"product_id":"elvis-isbn-9780785833031","title":"Elvis","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis volume contains a true treasure trove of spontaneous and completely unrehearsed photographs of The King of Rock n Roll. \u003ci\u003eElvis\u003c\/i\u003e both famous pictures and some that have never before been published.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In 1956, a twenty-one-year-old Elvis Presley was at the\u003cb\u003e beginning of his remarkable and unparalleled career\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003ephotographer Alfred Wertheimer was asked\u003c\/b\u003e by Presley’s new label, RCA Victor, to photograph the rising star. With \u003cb\u003eunimpeded \u003c\/b\u003eaccess to the young performer, Wertheimer was able to capture the\u003cb\u003e unguarded and everyday moments\u003c\/b\u003e in Elvis' life during that crucial year. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This was a year that took Presley from Tupelo, Mississippi\u003cb\u003e to the silver screen\u003c\/b\u003e, and to the verge of \u003cb\u003einternational \u003c\/b\u003estardom and to his coronation as \"\u003cb\u003eThe King of Rock 'n' Roll\u003c\/b\u003e.” As\u003cb\u003e Alfred Wertheimer photographed Elvis during 1956\u003c\/b\u003e, and again in \u003cb\u003e1958\u003c\/b\u003e, he created\u003cb\u003e classic images\u003c\/b\u003e that are \u003cb\u003espontaneous\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eunrehearsed \u003c\/b\u003eand completely \u003cb\u003ewithout artifice\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Wertheimer’s photographs of Elvis are extraordinary and he appears almost \u003cb\u003eethereal\u003c\/b\u003e, whether\u003cb\u003e reading a newspaper\u003c\/b\u003e while waiting for a cab, or washing his hands during one of his many\u003cb\u003e train trips\u003c\/b\u003e. After 1958 and Elvis’ induction into the army, the world seemingly forgot about\u003cb\u003e Wertheimer’s magical photographs\u003c\/b\u003e - for nineteen years - until Aug 16, 1977, the day Elvis died and \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e Magazine called. “The phone hasn’t really stopped ringing in the last thirty years,” observes Wertheimer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Many of the photographs in this visual treasury are\u003cb\u003e previously unpublished\u003c\/b\u003e and some have become \u003cb\u003ealmost \u003c\/b\u003eas famous as the man himself.","brand":"Chartwell Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44892731703525,"sku":"NP9780785833031","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/O_d275bb47-6356-4d73-abb5-25a7d5ed265f.jpg?v=1773101913","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/elvis-isbn-9780785833031","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}