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More than 200 pages of original art that helped create the visual trademark of Saturday Night Live. Foreword by Robin Morgan. Live From My Studio is the first book to showcase the art of Edie Baskin. The pioneering, 2x Emmy-nominated photographer and art director, created the signature look of a show that would transform television, popular culture and influence the people and events that have shaped our lives for 50 years. Her iconic hand-coloured portraits of the stars of rock, screen, stage and television were a signature of the show, broadcast to tens of millions of homes every week, reflecting show's wit, charm and mischief, captivating generations while reviving a long-lost art form. SELLING POINTS: . A unique book that honours the 50th anniversary of SNL . An extraordinary collection of intimate portraits of the stars of rock, screen, stage and television . Guaranteed national media/press /social media . Museum/art gallery and retail long shelf-life 266 colour illustrations

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""[Edie Baskin] was responsible for creating some of the show’s most enduring images and iconography."" - LightNighter

""[Edie Baskin] was responsible for creating some of the show’s most enduring images and iconography."" - LightNighter """"""Every week, she’d shoot the host and musical guests backstage; develop and print the black-and-white images overnight, and then hand-tint them with bright paints."""" """"Baksin’s portraits are back in the spotlight with a new book “Live From My Studio: The Art of Edie Baskin” (ACC Art Books, out Oct. 7)."""""" - NY Post """"""Photographer Edie Baskin, who helped develop some of Saturday Night Live's most iconic imagery, is looking back on her 25 years with the show."""" """"The photographer's contribution to the show's credits and cuts set the precedent for years to come."""""" - People.com """"""Baskin’s photos, which took a nod from the early days of photography and added color through the use of oils and chalks and colored pens, quickly became inseparable from the show’s first years. You would never see John Belushi or Bill Murray’s cheeks look that rosy again. Some of what’s been collected for her book perfectly capture this initial flush of stardom. Her portrait of Talking Heads in 1979 could double for any hipster act 46 years later. Her image of Teri Garr, face buried inside a parka, fur tinted yellow, is a reminder of just how much the actress, who died a year ago, resembled sunshine itself."""" """"A new book, """"Live From My Studio,"""" collects many of her best photos."""""" - The Chicago Tribune

""[Edie Baskin] was responsible for creating some of the show’s most enduring images and iconography."" - LightNighter """"""Every week, she’d shoot the host and musical guests backstage; develop and print the black-and-white images overnight, and then hand-tint them with bright paints."""" """"Baksin’s portraits are back in the spotlight with a new book “Live From My Studio: The Art of Edie Baskin” (ACC Art Books, out Oct. 7)."""""" - NY Post """"""Photographer Edie Baskin, who helped develop some of Saturday Night Live's most iconic imagery, is looking back on her 25 years with the show."""" """"The photographer's contribution to the show's credits and cuts set the precedent for years to come."""""" - People.com """"""Baskin’s photos, which took a nod from the early days of photography and added color through the use of oils and chalks and colored pens, quickly became inseparable from the show’s first years. You would never see John Belushi or Bill Murray’s cheeks look that rosy again. Some of what’s been collected for her book perfectly capture this initial flush of stardom. Her portrait of Talking Heads in 1979 could double for any hipster act 46 years later. Her image of Teri Garr, face buried inside a parka, fur tinted yellow, is a reminder of just how much the actress, who died a year ago, resembled sunshine itself."""" """"A new book, """"Live From My Studio,"""" collects many of her best photos."""""" - The Chicago Tribune """"""Live From My Studio: The Art of Edie Baskin is the first book dedicated to the work of the Emmy Award-nominated photographer and art director who created the iconic visual identity of Saturday Night Live. """" """"Edie Baskin's hand-colored photographs appeared weekly in the show's opening credits. Recently featured in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's exhibition, SNL: 50 Years of Music, her portraits continue to be recognized as a key element of the program's visual history. Behind each image, you can almost hear the rustling of the title cards and the live band setting up."""" """"Live From My Studio offers an intimate and visually striking account of a groundbreaking career. The book celebrates the creativity of a pioneering artist whose work helped define the visual identity of one of America's most enduring cultural institutions."""""" - The Eye of Photography """"""For nearly 25 years, Baskin photographed every host, musician, and cast member who passed through Studio 8H, and inspired the aesthetic of SNL’s various eras with her bumper photos. Now, for the first time, Baskin has compiled the earliest chapter of that work into a new art book, Live From My Studio: The Art of Edie Baskin."""" """"Baskin’s 240-page anthology collects highlights of her hand-tinted photographs from the first five years, which she created by manually coloring black-and-white photo prints with pastels, paints, chalk, and pencils."""""" - Late Nighter

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Edie Baskin, the pioneering, 2x Emmy-nominated photographer and art director, created the signature look of Saturday Night Live that would transform television, popular culture and influence the people and events that have shaped our lives for 50 years. Her iconic hand-coloured portraits of the stars of rock, screen, stage and television were a signature of the show, broadcast to tens of millions of homes every week, reflecting the show’s wit, charm and mischief, captivating generations while reviving a long-lost art form. This is her first book. 

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