From Matt at The Flood Gallery: "The first thing to say is that Robert Smith has
written the foreword for the book. At the outset this wasn’t though
possible because of his touring schedule, but obviously Tom (and us) are
over the moon and we really want to shout about
this and spread the word.
‘These ware taken on a sunny Sunday afternoon, June 1990 in Buckinghamshire. I think the band were doing demos or recording at an old house that was once owned by the actor Dirk Bogarde. I did a few shots in the garden, then set up inside with my make-shift portable studio; 3 Bowens flash units , umbrellas, soft boxes, honeycombs etc. They had laid on some food and drink for our arrival, which is very much them..’ Tom Sheehan
‘Robert Backstage while filming ‘The Cure in Orange’ at the Theatre D’Orange. France, August 1986.
It was baking hot outside so I pulled him in out of
the sun to rattle off a few ‘cheesy’ shots with the clapperboard. We
spent two days there, a run-through, camera check, close ups etc. on the
Saturday. On the Sunday
the concert itself
filmed by Tim Pope and his team. The film was later released on VHS
where if you look close enough I have a ‘walk off ‘ part! After the show
there was a bit of a knees up / celebration at the hotel … all good
knockabout fun.’ Tom Sheehan
For the launch/signing event, we have provisionally booked this in for Wednesday 30th
November at The Cannick Tapps bar. Once this is
absolutely confirmed, we’ll let you know but its 99%. Hope you all can
make it!
This is obviously going to be a fantastic book! If you haven't already, you can pre-order it here,
I just bought the cheaper one. $22 British pounds for deliver to the US in case anyone is interested. Hope it's worth the $85 I paid. 🎃
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DeleteLove the photo with RS in the black motorcycle jacket. I find the stark contrast between the last two photos in this post particularly striking. RS looks very youthful and naive in the bottom photo ("green as grass?"...maybe it's the white background, who knows), but in the photo right above it he appears to be much more worldly (and with a more grim outlook). Lol looks great as well. I'm not a biker but I've always found moto jackets especially flattering, if not downright sexy. Haha...Wonder if it's the same one that was shared by all of band members in their early days. At some point RS seemed to have swapped the moto jackets for oversized black v-neck sweaters, and eventually he traded the sweaters for hoodies and/or black t-shirts layered underneath wrinkled collared button down shirts? Nothing wrong with hoodies, it also appears to be an essential wardrobe item in the tech world. Good thing RS didn't take after Mr. Jobs with the black turtleneck sweaters. I don't think I have ever seen RS in a turtleneck. I wonder if anyone in the band still has that black moto jacket...
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