The Road [Hardcover]

As a guitarist, Brian Baker has punk rock and hardcore credentials that are unparalleled. From effectively launching hardcore as a genre with Minor Threat when he was a teenager to bringing in the more melodic side of the scene with Dag Nasty and then joining Bad Religion in the mid 90s, its hard to argue that any guitarist has been more influential to their scene than Baker . . . Baker recently released a new projectone that hes worked on for almost 20 years during his ongoing run with Bad Religion. Every time the legendary Los Angeles punk band goes on the road, Baker (like most touring musicians) finds himself with entirely too much time to kill before and after their nightly performances. To fill those long hours in strange cities . . . Baker discovered a new passion for photography, constantly using each and every camera lens on the iPhones that have been in his pocket since the original released in the late 2000s . . . Aside from his photography skills, the release of A highly recommended and unique pick for personal, professional, community, and college/university library Contemporary Photography collections, this large format (11.2 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches, 2.07 pounds) hardcover edition of The book is a collection of a hundred or so of the iPhone images Baker has captured over the years, mostly presented without context. This creates the effect of encouraging the viewer to tell their own story as to what that particular sign was saying, or where that particular building is, or why that particular dolls eyes look so blank and creepy . . . To try to define Bakers eye for photographyand his ear for writing guitar hooksis to strip some of the magic away from the process itself. Whether theyre pictures of guitars or road signs or gravestones or old plaster masks, theres something compelling in each and every photo chosen for the book. Many fans and general public associate glamour, sleaze, or some combination of the two with the touring musician, but Brialc@