B44595 – Genesis Publications Michael Cooper Blinds & Shutters Book (UK)

Blinds and Shutters is a limited edition Genesis Publications book containing Michael Cooper’s superb photographs of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. It provides a unique insider’s view of the Sixties, a prolific and exhilarating period of artistic cross-fertilisation. Through his association with Robert Fraser, the Stones and The Beatles, Michael met the artists, writers, poets and musicians of the time and the courtiers around them. He introduced these people to each other. Many of those who brilliantly lit up the decade on both sides of the Atlantic were photographed by Michael. His most well-known photographic assignment was the album cover for The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

The book contains forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and an introduction by Terry Southern. The book has been prepared in consultation with Bill Wyman. There are approximately 90 contributors including, amongst others, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Terry Doran, John Dunbar, Colin Self, Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, Jenny Boyd, Richard Hamilton, Robert Fraser, Marianne Faithfull, Klaus Voormann, Astrid Kirchherr, Anita Pallenburg, Ian Stewart, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. The book is fully bound in leather and buckram.

There are over 600 images in total. This is No. 2987 of 5000 limited edition copies and has been hand signed by Peter Blake, Adam Cooper, Terry Doran, Richie Havens, Gerard Malanga, Larry Rivers, Colin Self, Terry Southern, Derek Taylor and Bill Wyman.

There is a split to the bottom right corner of the bottom of the box with wear to the corners on the lid. The condition of the box is very good. There is a crease to the typed insert listing the signatures, otherwise the condition of the book is excellent.