Johnny Cash: Photographs by Leigh Wiener [Hardcover]

Leigh Wiener (Photographer), Graham Nash (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2006

During his fifty-year career, Leigh Wiener photographed every US president from Truman to Reagan, Hollywood legends from Marilyn to Marlon, musicians from Miles to Sinatra, and scores of writers, athletes, politicians, and industry titans. Among Wiener’s most unforgettable images are a series of portraits of singer--songwriter Johnny Cash taken in Los Angeles in the early 1960s, showing Cash in his iconoclastic, legendary prime.

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About the Author

During his 50-year career as a photographer and photojournalist, Leigh Wiener (1929-1993) photographed every US president from Truman to Reagan, Hollywood legends from Marilyn to Marlon, musicians from Miles to Sinatra, and scores of poets, scientists, writers, athletes, and industry titans.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 180 pages
• Publisher: Five Ties Publishing (July 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977719316
• ISBN-13: 978-0977719310
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,047,401 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( C ) > Cash, Johnny

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD JOHNNY CASH BOOK!, March 11, 2007

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Jeffrey R. Schoner "pittsburgh man" (Hattiesburg, MS USA) - See all my reviews
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A very nice detailled described book of the late JR Cash.
Unusual pictures also.

Thank you!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cash, January 9, 2007

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Kathleen Fowler "oldie rocker" (phoenix, az United States) - See all my reviews
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Purchased as a gift for my 33 yr. old son. We never listened to Johnny Cash until recently. He was enthralled with the pictures. Beautiful book for everyone to enjoy some personal moments.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Portraits Of The Man In Black, November 19, 2009

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Robert I. Hedges - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Johnny Cash: Photographs by Leigh Wiener (Hardcover)

Leigh Wiener, known for photographing celebrities and Presidents (he photographed every President from Truman to Reagan), here exhibits his portraits of Johnny Cash. These photographs were taken between April 1960 and April 1962, and are predominantly in black and white, with a selection of color portraits, including a very few where Johnny doesn't wear black. The composition of these photographs speak to Wiener's mastery of perspective, lighting, and shadow, and are some of the best of Cash I have ever seen. I have nothing negative to say about any of the photographs, but gave it four stars because I believe the book would have been enormously enhanced by commentary about the sessions (there is none) by Wiener, who passed away in 1993, or someone else with knowledge of the sittings.

All told I recommend this book without reservation to fans of Johnny Cash, Leigh Wiener, photography, or portraiture.