25 November 2014
Newsdesk
Jimmy Page is one of music’s greatest guitarists, innovators and legends. JIMMY PAGE is his official autobiography, a photographic essay he personally created to tell his story for the first time.
Jimmy’s own words, combined with his handpicked selection of over 600 photographs, make this book the definitive visual and historical record of a remarkable life.
The guitar legend is appearing at Waterstones, Piccadilly on Tuesday 2nd December. He will be hand-stamping copies of his photographic autobiography ‘JIMMY PAGE’ with a personalised ‘Zoso’ stamp, unique to this location.
‘I’ve been asked on a number of occasions to do a written book and I thought of the other side of the coin. I thought it would be unique to have an autobiography in photographs, charting my whole musical journey.’
The chronicle of a life in music, by one of the world’s most iconic guitar players, JIMMY PAGE is testament to the author’s vision – a work he describes as a photographic autobiography. Jimmy has chosen every one of the 650 photographs, written the accompanying text, arranged the content into its narrative order and overseen the design of his book.
‘It was important to include every milestone along the way, so people who were fans of the music have got a real testament of the times.’
In the form of captions, the intensely private Jimmy has narrated the story of his legendary career for the first time.
‘I always like to do something different – if you’re inspired by an idea, really make something of that inspiration. To have a photographic autobiography is a totally different way of looking at things, but it does the job very well and I think it will bring a lot of pleasure to people.’ – Jimmy Page
The event starts at 1pm and access is on a first come, first served basis.
Waterstones, 203-206 Piccadilly, London W1J 9HD
www.jimmypagebook.com
