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The Morrison Hotel Gallery
Presents
NEAL PRESTON
October
27, 2011, New York, NY - The Morrison Hotel Gallery in Soho is excited
to present an exhibition of photography from the prolific Neal Preston. The
exhibit will be open to the public beginning Friday, November 11th and
Neal will be appearing at the gallery on Saturday, November 12th from 1
to 5 PM, which will be open to the public.
This
notable exhibition will feature classic photographs and also
never-before-seen images from 40-year-old negatives that may not have
otherwise been useable, but were salvaged using modern-day technology.
Some of the photos even Neal himself had not yet seen - including The
Doors, Janis Joplin and the MC5.
With
a career that began in high school and continues to this day, Neal
Preston's photographs have appeared in every conceivable media outlet -
on the covers and pages of world-class magazines (People - as a major contributing photographer from 1979-2007, Time, Rolling Stone), in newspapers, books on TV, and in
countless record, CD and DVD covers. Through his longtime friendship
with acclaimed director Cameron Crowe, Neal has provided photography and
inspiration for such films as "Almost Famous", "Vanilla Sky" and the
soon-to-be-released "We Bought A Zoo." His archive, a body of work
spanning almost 4 decades, is regarded as one of the music industry's
most extensive and significant photo collections.
Preston
has toured the world with the who's-who of rock royalty - Led Zeppelin,
The Who, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen, Heart, Billy Joel and
more.
Also
a gifted sports photographer, Neal has covered six Olympic Games, from
the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia to the 2006 Winter Games
in Torino, Italy. He has photographed major sporting
events as varied as the World Series, NBA and NFL playoff games, World
Cup soccer matches, and the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Preston
has been honored with a permanent exhibit at the Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino in Las Vegas, and his images have also been on display at the
Smithsonian, Yankee Stadium, Wembley Stadium, and the Rock and Roll Hall
of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.
Of
his second-ever New York showing at The Morrison Hotel Gallery, Preston
says, "For this show, I'm busting out some of the 'greatest hits' along
with some previously unseen gems that I've mined from my archives -
most of them shot when I was still in high school. I want people to feel
like they've uncovered a kind of cool rock-and-roll time capsule, which
is exactly how I felt when I was bringing some of these photos back to
life."
Having
just celebrated it's 10th Anniversary, The Morrison Hotel Gallery was
founded in 2001 by Peter Blachley, a former record company executive,
producer Rich Horowitz, a former independent record store owner, and
Henry Diltz, a legendary music photographer. The gallery has since grown
to become a major brand in fine art music photography and is respected
amongst peers and artists alike.
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