Published on September 7, 2007 through the selfpublishing company Blurb is the book "Picturing the '50s - An L.A. News Photographer's Inside Story" from Neil Clemans. Elvis appears on the cover shot as well as in a full-page photo of Elvis in a train car with Colonel Parker, plus two pages of contact sheets. The size of the book is 8 x 10 inches and 194 pages.
Synopsis:
"Picturing the '50s" covers renowned photojournalist Neil Clemans' wild ride as a tabloid news photographer at the Los Angeles Mirror during the 1950s. He shot the infamous to the famous. There are over 70 outstanding black and white pictures of historical value, from movie stars of the era, beatniks, murderesses and strippers to presidential candidates and boxers on the ropes. Included are this photographer's encounters with screen legends such as Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Joan Crawford, Jayne Mansfield, Judy Garland, and Elvis Presley. With original and previously unpublished photographs.
Picturing the '50s
September 11, 2007 | Book Source:Elvis UK On-lineMy boy, my boy wrote on
September 12, 2007
Exactly baggypants, it looks like a picture taken hours before the Sinatra special...what next?...Picturing the 60's with a cover of Elvis on stage at Madison square garden ?
Deke Rivers 6 wrote on
September 22, 2007
I saw baggypants entry too late.....whoever you are, your right.
Jumpin Jehosaphat wrote on
September 23, 2007
Ok covering the 50's but why a 1960 Frank Sinatra time Photo on the cover. the proof reader must be an idiot