Laura Levine photography at Brooklyn Museum exhibition of Rock & Roll photography 1955-present

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Painter and photographer Laura Levine is one of several photographers whose work is on exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum's Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present. She says: "The exhibition and companion book include two of my favorite portraits, of Bjork and R.E.M. To mark this event, I am making signed fine art prints of both these images available through a special offer."

UPDATE: Here's a link to a many more rock and roll photographs by Laura. They include interesting background stories.

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What a tremendously sexy photo.

And yet the gardener in me can't help wondering if those are hosta leaves up top.

So she's up all night playing pool (or in a pool? Not sure which) chatting to Bjork who agrees to a photo shoot at her friend Ben's house the next day. At the shoot Bjork takes her clothes off and the artist gets her favourite ever photo. I can't begin to tell you how far from the reality of my life this charmed, dream-like existence sounds. Ah well, win some, lose some (or "loose some" to use the proper intehnet spelling).

BTW, if you are still accepting comments that mention BB's new(ish) look: It hasn't grown on me.

Wait, I thought she was in the Sugarcubes. Was she also the lead singer of the Pixies? [rimshot]

I'm no gardening expert but I'm going to have to go with hosta as well. At first I thought no, because I didn't think they got that big then I remembered that Bjork was a little lady so the proportion might work

Bjork, you are such a cutie icelandic elfin minx!

What a great pic.

One of my all-time favorite photos. Ah, Bjork...

That's bjork? :/

ha! i love that, without hesitation, without it even being the headline photo, every comment so far has been about the sexy nude bjork picture.

here's another: i love that photo!

Wait, why the pic change?

That's because those comments were made while the Bjork implied nude was the featured pic.

One time I was out for a walk with some relatives and their four-year-old daughter. After a while it started to rain - a heavy downpour. While the grown-ups were pitching fits about the water, the young one transformed into a being of perfect joy. She didn't care that it was raining. She just wanted to catch raindrops on her tongue.

Her face had the same expression as Bjork's. Girls just wanna have fun!

http://www.lauralevine.com/photography/gallery/bjork.php

I totally have a comptometer almost just like the one in that photo.

Did you self-censor and remove the Bjork photo? Or did she ask you to remove it?

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