Alfred Wertheimer. Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll

by Robert Santelli

"Elvis who?" was photographer Alfred Wertheimer's response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to photograph an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was--as we now know--about to become a legend.

Trailing Presley like a shadow, Wertheimer took nearly 3,000 photographs of Presley that year, creating a penetrating portrait of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3836559072
• ISBN13: 9783836559072
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Taschen
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 7.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 10.8" x 15.0"