Charles Moriarty "Back to Amy" Book (2018)

Details: Charles Moriarty "Back to Amy: An intimate portrait of the real Amy Winehouse featuring rare and unseen photographs." Book (2018, Hatchette UK). 224 pp. Hardcover. New stock.

Description: "Rare, open and honest, this collection of nearly100 photographs by Charles Moriarty shows Amy Winehouse as you've never seen her before. Consisting of two shoots spread across London and New York in the lead-up to the release of her debut album Frank, these beautiful images capture a sense of fun, mischief and style, giving an early glimpse of a star in the making. The collection includes many photographs that have never been seen before.

With a foreword by Asif Kapadia, Academy Award-winning director of the documentary Amy, and containing contributions from people close to Amy during her career, this book is a celebration of the enduring spirit of a truly special artist. Breathtaking photographs of Amy Winehouse on the cusp of fame, including many never-before-seen images."

Grade: M/M

Author: "Photographer Charles Moriarty’s new book of photographs, Back to Amy, beautifully and brilliantly tempers that sadness with a real sense of profound joy, possibility, and affection. These photos were taken by Moriarty, then only 21, in the months before the release of Amy’s debut album Frank, during the summer of 2003. They find Amy on the cusp of success; she hadn’t released a note of music, but her record company were preparing for the arrival of, as A&R director Darcus Beese attests in one of the interview transcripts contained within the book, “an artist, in the truest sense.” Glide Magazine

Press: "Some of the text and images in this book originally appeared in Before Frank."--Colophon