State of the Axe: Guitar Masters in Photographs and Words

by Ralph Gibson

In this appealing book, acclaimed photographer Ralph Gibson offers more than sixty intimate black-and-white portraits of guitar masters playing their instruments. Focusing his expert lens on musicians who have lent their unmistakable voices to virtually every musical genre--jazz, funk, rock, acoustic, blues, fusion, classical, and experimental--Gibson reveals in each photograph the intense relationship of the player with his beloved "axe." The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300142110
• ISBN13: 9780300142112
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Museum Fine Arts Houston
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.2" x 11.6"