One of Rock & Rolls Greatest Photographers
Rob Shanahan is one of the world’s most published photographers in the music industry today. His photos have appeared in numerous ad campaigns, CD/DVD covers, books, and magazines around the globe. He is Ringo Starr’s personal photographer and has been working closely with him since 2005, photographing and designing his tour books, DVD’s, and records “Y-Not” and “Ringo 2012”. In 2008 he accompanied Ringo to Liverpool to document his return home and a string of performances in the “Liverpool – 2008 City of Culture” festivities. The 2012 All Starr tour was his 5th tour with Ringo. He also photographed all appearances of Ringo and Paul McCartney for Cirque dul Soliel/The Beatles LOVE show in Las Vegas. Rob has also been Chief Photographer for Yamaha Music Corporation since 2003 and has photographed hundreds of Yamaha endorsed artists. His photographs for Yamaha have appeared in advertising campaigns worldwide and in Yamaha’s “All Access” publications. “Volume 1”, his first published collection of music photographs, was released in December of 2011. With the foreword by Ringo Starr, the book contains quotes from rockers such as drummer Neil Peart of RUSH, Edgar Winter, Billy Squier, Tommy Lee and Joe Walsh. - We are currently offering a Special on Rob's Volume one Book at both galleries. Click link to see special. |
The Art of Mort Kunstler
Mort Kunstler the premier historical artist in America - and now he focuses mainly on the American Civil War. When Mort Künstler began his current emphasis on Civil War art in the early 1980s, he had already accomplished more than a half-dozen artists could hope to accomplish in a collective lifetime. From portraits of prehistoric American life to the odyssey of the space shuttle, Mort Künstler had painted America's story - and was already renowned as "the premier historical artist in America." When he placed his focus on Civil War art, Mr. Künstler quickly established himself as the country's most-collected Civil War artist, and earned unprecedented acclaim within the genre of Civil War art. "Mort Künstler is the foremost Civil War artist of our time -- if not of all time," says Dr. James I. Robertson Jr., the dean of Civil War historians and the author of the celebrated biography, Stonewall Jackson. "To study his paintings," says Robertson, "is to simply see history alive." Pulitzer Prize-winning historian James McPherson concurs. "Of all the artists working in the Civil War field," he observes, "none captures the human element, the aura of leadership, the sense of being there and sharing in the drama, quite like Mort Künstler. He has that enviable talent of being able to re-create history on canvas and to translate events into art." Visit Our Oyster Bay Location to view more of Mort Kunstler's Work. |