Long-awaited Tom Waits/Anton Corbijn book soon to be released

Fans of Tom Waits can expect to see a whole lot more of him in the upcoming book
Waits/Corbijn - Photographs 1977-2010. A joint effort with Dutch photographer/director Anton Corbijn, the book is set to be released in October 2010.

The book spans their 30-year relationship and features 200 iconic color and duotone portraits of Waits taken by Corbijn. While initially slated for an October 2009 release, it was pushed back a year, but for good reason. Publishers are adding a 49-page supplement of Waits' own images, writing, and lyrics from his songs. Editions will be available in English and German. Waits announced the upcoming release of the book on September 1 via Twitter.

A selection of Corbijn's photographs from the book will be on display at De Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam from September 22 to October 12 during the staging of Shakespeare's Richard III, which incorporates music by Waits and his wife, American singer-songwriter Kathleen Brennan.

Waits recently played alongside Denzel Washington in the film The Book of Eli and is currently working on a new stage musical with director and long-time collaborator Robert Wilson and playwright Martin McDonagh. Corbijn, who has directed music videos for U2, Nirvana, and Coldplay, directed the film The American, starring George Clooney and released in the US this month and internationally throughout the fall. 

For more information and to preorder a copy of the book (€75), visit the publisher's website: http://www.schirmer-mosel.com/corbijn/