Photographs of Janis Joplin: On the Road & On Stage Hardcover – March 15, 2022

I loved this book! And I did not know I would.It is the Janis Joplin I never knew, because we all had an image of her crafted by the Press, butthis book unveils her intelligence and her true spirit.It is a real work of art, filled with amazing photographs by Elliott Landy,showing her struggles as a woman to control her art form, and to be free to be herself.Most of the text is in Joplin's own words...not written by a third party, so you can feel her spiritand see who she really was, beyond the publicity and the Joplin that was presentedto the public.Even though Janis is no longer with us...through this book, she lives.

The photos are excellent. The details about her are very interesting and helpful to understand the person she was.

It is gooD.

a lot of the pics i never saw before

Perfect

First, this book is enlightening. The excerpts from interviews, especially. I learned that Janis was a much more thoughtful genius than I ever realized. She even acknowledges that no man could ever give her "what an audience can."Second, the photographs by Elliott Landy are quite remarkable. Through his lens we get to see Janis in many places and situations: Performing, hanging out backstage, traveling, being Janis without an audience sometimes. The shots from the Woodstock Festival and Filmore East are so alive. I can just hear her belting out, "Take another little piece of my heart now, baby."

I got into Janis via my fascination with the 1960s Haight Ashbury scene. I'm 61, I grew up seeing her for most of my life. On a surface level I knew of her legend but only recently I started to dig into her world.Back in the early 1990s I purchased a book called Radical Rags that was focused on the fashions of the 1960s, the book featured a few pages on Linda Gravenites and the clothes she designed for Janis. Being a sewing hobbyist any DIY stories intrigue me, so this was a starting point for me too.This book is beautiful! The photos tell so many stories. You can clearly see the vulnerability of Janis as a real person, and start to understand this was a little girl who was way in over her head. "Too Much, Too Soon", so to say. Also, this was a very pretty girl. No matter what she may have thought about herself, or what any "nasties" may have uttered, she was beautiful. Not a classic beauty, but wildly attractive. The camera loved her, the definition of photogenic. Elliott Landy has really given the world a great book, he captures the sweetness of a lady who left the world too quickly but left a very revolutionary legend behind her that will continue to resonate for decades to come.

Too many of the photos were similar and there were not enough off stage shots.