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David Corio recalls: "The show opened with a specially designed set - the exterior of an old bar straight out of a Western, the “street” lit by a single street lamp. Tom walked on stage and leaned nonchalantly against the lamp post, a burning cigarette dangling between his fingers. After a few songs and cigarettes, he wandered over to the piano and began to play. Although the whole set looked beautiful, it was a nightmare to photograph. Darkness was obviously the design theme. There was just one light above Tom at the piano and the brim of his trilby kept his face in shadow. Fortunately Tom Waits makes some great dramatic gestures when he performs - in this photo the light off the back of his hand and the keyboard reflected onto his face and I was able to get this shot."
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TOM WAITS, cafe, Paris, 1992 Guido Harari recalls: This photograph comes from the same sitting in Paris as the photograph of Tom running with a cape on. Again, this was 1992 and Tom was promoting his Bone Machine album in a café in the beautiful Place des Vosges. He insisted I shoot him while he was having brunch. He couldnt care less about his face dismorphing while he was munching away. I love that crazy and inquisitive Van Gogh look in his eyes. Time seems suspended for a fraction of time: what next?"
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TOM WAITS in the kitchen, Santa Rosa, California, 1999 Guido Harari recalls: “In 1999 Tom was promoting a new record, “Mule Variations”, but wouldn’t move from his headquarters in California. So he had press and photographers flown in from all over the world to Santa Rosa. The tiny Chinese restaurant seemed like his natural hangout and he didn’t seem inclined to even go outside the door to be photographed. Suddenly he grabbed the owner’s apron in a frenzy and dragged me in the kitchen, where he proceeded to fool around with pots and pans, pretending he was some kind of demented chef. My motor drive was smoking from action and this shot captures the zaniness of it all.”
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Guido Harari recalls: This is one of my favorite photographs. It was taken in Place des Vosges, in Paris, in 1992, while Tom was promoting his Bone Machine album. I had already used my time as granted by his record company and was having a coffee chatting with a French photographer friend. When his time came to shoot Tom, my friend invited me to attend the sitting. This was still the age of analogue photography and, once he finished his roll of film, he had to stop and reload his camera. Restless and provocative as ever, Tom tore down the photographers backdrop and, using it as a cape, he started running up and down this courtyard. The guy was so shocked that he couldn't capture this unexpected moment of madness, but I did instead. I started running with Tom, chasing and teasing him all along and managed to get this shot within a couple of rolls of film. Tom loved the shot. I don't know about the other guy!
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