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Silent Pictures
by Pat Graham
with an afterword by Cynthia Connolly
Photography/Music | Trade Paperback Original
ISBN-13: 978-1-933354-42-2 l 144 pages | $22.95
Forthcoming: September 2007



The first collection of work from the acclaimed underground music photographer.

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Modest Mouse, Ted Leo, Bikini Kill, Fugazi, and The Shins are just some of the subjects in Pat Graham's visually stunning first book. Many of these photographs shaped the iconography of '90s underground rock.

Pat Graham has been a photographer for nineteen years. His work has centered around musicians and has been used on dozens of albums. He spent years on the road with bands, especially Modest Mouse. Capturing all aspects of being a musician (playing music, and living the life). His debut book covers this ground and more. Pat's photos have appeared in every major music publication in Europe and the U.S. His work is part of the permanent collection in the Experience Music Project museum in Seattle and the Arlington Cultural Affairs in Virginia. He currently lives in London,England where he continues taking pictues and running 96 Gillespie, the gallery he co-founded with his wife Melanie Standage.