Lynn Goldsmith is a celebrity portrait photographer, as well as a fine art photographer and painter. In the past she has been an entrepreneur, film director, recording artist, and lyricist.
"[Lynn Goldsmith's] latest book, Music in the '80s, dives into over
150 beloved rockstars of the 1980s-with recognizable figures like
Bob Marley, David Bowie, Elton John, Grace Jones, and more
harmoniously appearing in the melodic compilation. The book boasts
yellow-hued, stoic portraiture throughout while louder-than-life
images-both serious and vulnerable-make their mark in noir,
too...Continuing to march to the beat of her own drum, Music in the
'80s is Goldsmith's evocative love letter to a most beloved
decade." -V MAGAZINE
"Photographer Lynn Goldsmith's Music In The '80s (released in
September) is not just another coffee table collection of rock 'n
roll photography. Flip through a few pages and you'll find, among
the 250 vivid captures of the Grammy-winning crowd, something more
complex-the work of a thoroughly versatile portraitist and
documentarian.The operative word here is "versatile." Goldsmith's
imagery resolutely defies pigeonholing. Once asked to characterize
her "style" Goldsmith replied, "I don't have a style...to me, the
camera is a tool. It helps me to manifest my ideas..." Her latest
monograph showcases that creative independence. And she couldn't
have chosen a better era in which to do it than the "genre-bending"
epoch of the '80s." -RANGEFINDER
"Music in the '80s" (Rizzoli) showcases the dazzling breadth of the
Me Decade: The Rolling Stones to The Boss; Herbie Hancock to Run
DMC; Madonna to Goldsmith's old college pal Iggy Pop; The
Pretenders to, yes, Barry Manilow." -NEW YORK POST
"MTV originated in the 1980s, making musicians more image conscious
than ever, and shooting on assignment...Lynn Goldsmith covered the
decade like few photographers have. Now the visualizations of
Goldsmith's indelible music memories are assembled and collected
together in a single volume, Music in the '80s (Rizzoli)...This
colossal coffee table book is expansive enough to encapsulate the
rambunctious decade that gave us New Wave, Punk, Hip-hop, Heavy
Metal, the ballads of Billy Joel and beyond. At 352 pages, the
13x10 inches tome is big enough to hold Goldsmith's spontaneous,
in-performance and posed portraits of a cornucopia of talents,
including: Bruce Springsteen, Boy George, the Eurythmics, Carlos
Santana, Carly Simon, Grace Jones, Dolly Parton, Eric Clapton,
Frank Zappa, The Go-Gos, Iggy Pop, James Taylor, Joan Baez, Joe
Cocker, Joan Jett, Johnny Cash, Kiss, Linda Ronstadt, Lou Reed,
Madonna, Meat Loaf, Michael Jackson, Miles Davis, Sting, The
Ramones, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Stevie Wonder, Talking
Heads/David Byrne, Bono (who, in the book's introductory quotes,
calls the '80s: "The decade taste forgot") and so on." -ROCK CELLAR
MAGAZINE
"From new wave to heavy metal, Iggy Pop to Elvis Costello, music in
the '80s was enormously influential. Drawing from Lynn Goldsmith's
50-year tenure as an award-winning photographer of concerts, studio
portrait sessions and musicians, this book will appeal to anyone
who lived through (or simply loves) the decade." -HUDSON VALLEY
MAGAZINE
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