( the answer for the weekly giveaway of 3/24/2010 is : TINA TURNER)

Currently at the Brooklyn Museum, this full accounting of the photographic record of Rock & Roll hangs in all it’s glory.
But you know how we like to share stuff that the whole group can enjoy. We can tell you about an exhibit, however being able to experience some of the work, right in the comfort of your own home is a good thing.
So this week we have 2 copies of this very cool book for you.
Who Shot Rock and Roll: A Photographic History, 1955-Present is a fairly complete look at the major players in that arena, along with some of those whom you may not know their name but know their work.
Curated by Gail Buckland, she wandered through the archives of over 100 photographers, to pick out images even they had forgotten about and wrote of their history. She has either collaborated on or written 11 books of photographic history and has been a professor at Cooper Union in NYC, so she come from a solid place of knowledge regarding the relevance of the images.

What we particularly like about the book are the stories behind the photos. Or the mindset of the shooters at the time. Sure, there are plenty of current players in this field represented like Mark Seliger, but do you know who Don Hunstein is?
Only the photographer of perhaps the most iconic album cover in rock history. Freewheeling Bob Dylan.
No, seriously.
This book caused us to seek out the rest of the work of many of the folks in here.
And the layout is great because there are bit size nuggets of copy to give you an insight. Just enough to tease.
Our only complaint is that they sometimes send you to the back of the book for the last bite of verbiage.
On the way though, you’ll catch all of the album covers these artists covered in miniature form.
All in all, this a great collection of rock & rollers captured by some of the unsung heroes, as well as the celebrities in their own rights.
There is a reason it made our Holiday Gift Guide this year.

So, this week we have 2 of these books to give away. Pretty sweet, right?

And it is so dang easy to enter the giveaway.
Just make sure you are signed up for the weekly NEWSLETTER (here) or sign up at the top right of this page.
this is how it works:
Every Weds. at 9:00AM PST, an email will appear in your inbox from us. Inside will be all kinds of goodies.
Recap of the week, some additional info just for subscribers, and the “special word”.
Why do you need a “special word”
Because of these instructions for the giveaway
1. Hit reply to the NEWSLETTER
2. Put the “special word” into the subject line of the email (included/revealed in the newsletter)
3. Delete body of email (saving server space)
4. Add a shipping address
5. Hit Send

And that “word” will be somehow related to the giveaway of the week.
yeah, we know it’s easy.
And we know we’ve laid it out before. But there are many new folks joining us in the photoinduced.com community and we want everyone to get a shot at these.
Plus this month we’ll be adding giveaways right here on the site, And for our twitter followers, there will be special items just for you.
You do know that the Twitter feeds we do are the same as our “Latest News” feeds at the top of this page, right? See, you don’t even have to join twitter to take advantage of that.
Spread the word.

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