Click on the button or image below to see Mike
interviewed about "HURRICANES OF COLOR"
on ARIZONA PBS's program
"ARIZONA HORIZON"
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The WORLD LAUNCH of
"HURRICANES OF COLOR" was
Friday April 19, 2024 at FOUR CORNERS FRAMED ART in
INDEPENDENCE MO.
Here are some images from the event:
"HURRICANES OF COLOR" was
Friday April 19, 2024 at FOUR CORNERS FRAMED ART in
INDEPENDENCE MO.
Here are some images from the event:
Here
Here is an article by Sam Richards from the
June 2024 issue of the British Music magazine,
UNCUT about Mike's work and
"HURRICANES OF COLOR"
Here is an article by Sam Richards from the
June 2024 issue of the British Music magazine,
UNCUT about Mike's work and
"HURRICANES OF COLOR"
Here are two reviews by journalist
Alan bisbort
about Mike's work and
"HURRICANES OF COLOR"
#1 From the magazine "Ugly Things" Issue 67
#2 from the "Connecticut republican" newspaper(pdf)
Published
Penn State University Press
If you wish to order a copy, please go to:
hurricanesofcolor.com
for all info.
If you purchase "Hurricanes of Color" directly. your copy will be personally signed and inscribed.
Venmo is accepted , and also personal checks after clearing.
If interested in purchasing a copy the
Price is: $44.95 and $9.05 shipping and handling (Total:$54.00) to Anywhere in North America.
To order, send an email to: [email protected]
Please inquire about international orders
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In 1964, fifteen-year-old Mike Frankel found himself among professional photojournalists
covering a Beatles concert during the band’s first tour of the United States. A few years later, he was a regular photographer at the Fillmore East,
a storied venue in classic rock. And in 1969, he was onstage at Woodstock, with Jefferson Airplane, documenting one of the most important events
in American music history. Featuring Frankel’s stunning photographs of nearly every major
rock figure from the 1960s and early ’70s, including Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd,Janis Joplin, and the Grateful Dead, as well as many unpublished images of the Beatles, “Hurricanes of Color”chronicles an extraordinary moment. Frankel, developed an innovative style; one that layered images with multiple exposures and captured vividly, the spirit of the music of the era, this book is a must-have for fans of classic rock, this is a spectacular and profound collection of photography.
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Reviews of "Hurricanes of Color"
“Perusing this volume of supercharged concert photography by Mike Frankel makes you wonder how he has been overshadowed all these years by other (ahem) overexposed rock ‘n’ roll shutterbugs.”―Alan Bisbort Republican American
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“Mike Frankel’s keen eye manages to capture the essence of rock ’n roll in all its sexually charged, mysterious, and hallucinatory intensity. His images are unsparing and authentic.”—Bob Spitz, best-selling author of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin
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“Some of the top rockers of the 1960s and early 1970s, photographed with boldly adventurous techniques reflecting the most exhilarating innovations of the era.”—Richie Unterberger, author of Won’t Get Fooled Again: The Who from “Lifehouse” to “Quadrophenia”
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“It’s old news that the 1960s and ’70s were an explosive and revolutionary cultural period—especially in music—but those words say way too little. Rarely has the phrase ‘you had to be there’ been more apt, and most literary and photographic attempts to illustrate the excitement and heady thrill of the new bands and other sea changes in flux fall short. In Hurricanes of Color, though, Mike Frankel succeeds in evoking the transcendence, wild creativity, and sheer joy that permeated so much of the era and radiated through the musicians and their performances. I know because I was there, and I am so honored to be included in this stunning book.”—Sally Mann Romano, author of The Band’s with Me: TOUR 1964-1975.
Mike's work can be seen in the Mid West at
Four Corners Framed Art
in Independence Missouri
Phone: (816)252-3178
Email:[email protected]
Facebook:www.facebook.com/pg/fourcornersframedartkansascity/about/
Mike is featured in this great documentary on Woodstock by filmmaker Alberto Engeli
Click image below or go directly to:
www.monmouth.edu/mca/event/woodstock-beyond-the-visionary-art-of-mike-frankel/
www.monmouth.edu/mca/event/woodstock-beyond-the-visionary-art-of-mike-frankel/
A word or two from Mike concerning his work...
The historic photographs below have been scanned directly from the original 35 mm transparencies. No computer enhancement was employed. The multiple images you see were all shot "live in the camera" in real time. The photographs were all done before "Photoshop" was even a gleam in anyone's eyes. The finished slides were composed and exposed with up to 10 images on one frame of film while the action never stopped. I wanted to express a very different effect in most of my photographs, actually viewing the scene from many angles and points of view. Though there are some representational works here I am most proud of my multiple image photographs which are very unique. Though photographing at many venues, I used the Fillmore East in New York City as my "home base" and the lighting there was exactly what I was looking for to make my "visual experiments" successful. I wanted to show what the rock 'n' roll experience was really like visually. I felt that my work captured the force and dynamics of the music most closely with the multiple images which represent the many ways of "seeing" the music as it happened. Pictured below are some very historic times in Rock history including, the first ever appearance of Led Zeppelin in New York City and the WHO's first New York performance of "Tommy ", along with photographs from the stage at WOODSTOCK. I continued photographing the stars through the '60's into the early '70's, stopping only when the whole scene became "too corporate". The first time I was asked to get press credentials, I knew it was time to flee the scene!
Mike's OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECT
Click on the image to the right for the web site of the documentary film
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