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Icon: Music Through the Lens
On the Cover
Season 1
Episode 4
Music magazines played a pivotal role in elevating music photography to iconic status, providing a visual context for some of the world's greatest bands and their music. Journalists, musicians and publicists among others join the music photographers who shot some of the most memorable front covers to discuss the uncensored and often never-heard-before stories behind these amazing photographs.
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Where does music photography sit in the contemporary, popular culture landscape?
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Take an in-depth look at the relationship between art and commerce.
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Hear from photographers responsible for some of the world's most iconic album covers.
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Early trailblazers paint a vivid picture of life on the tour bus and in the photo pit.
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Meet some of music photography's greatest names as we define what makes an iconic image.