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U2 & I: The Photographs 1982-2004

Over more than thirty years, photographer Anton Corbijn has made portraits of many leading figures in music and beyond, and he has become a leading portrait maker of the present day. Running through his career is one steady subject: the Irish band U2, with whom he worked for more than two decades. This book, the seventh Corbijn volume from the publisher Schirmer/Mosel, celebrates the group's members and the bonds of trust and creative exchange that have grown between them and the photographer over the years.

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Corbijn is credited with shaping how the band presents itself to the world, and he continues to do so. The pages follow the path from their first meeting in New Orleans in 1982 to a 2004 shoot in Lisbon tied to a new album. Alongside formal studio images appear more personal snapshots, many carrying handwritten notes from the photographer himself.

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