Clementine Schneidermann
I Called Her Lisa Marie (Signed)
Published by Chose Commune, 2018
I Called Her Lisa Marie (Signed)
Published by Chose Commune, 2018
Size: 25 x 25 cm
80 pages + 16 pages in leaflet
Soft cover
80 pages + 16 pages in leaflet
Soft cover
Liz named her daughter Lisa Marie, after Elvis Presley's daughter. Clémentine Schneidermann, a French photographer living in Cardiff, Wales, met her in Newport, not far from Porthcawl, a seaside resort that hosts one of the biggest festivals each year that pays tribute to the "King". Liz is one of tens of thousands of fans who are lulled by nostalgia for their idol.
Between 2013 and 2017, Clémentine Schneidermann took portraits of Steve, Samantha, Ian, among others, these whimsical worshipers whose often melancholic faces transform when the music is in full swing. Among them, the photographer became friends with Alison and her son Johnny Be Goode, the stage name of an endearing young fan. Clémentine Schneidermann accompanied them from Wales to Memphis in the United States, where it all began...
This book, which presents the series I Called Her Lisa Marie as well as Johnny B. Goode – travel diary of their pilgrimage across the Atlantic, is the first monograph by Clémentine Schneidermann. - written by the publisher