Last May I reached out to my childhood friend and one time photo partner Neil Zlozower, he was Van Halen's photographer and published a successful book on the band. Neil told me to contact Steve, his editor at Chronicle Books. Steve and I talked, he expressed interest in my story and I promised him he'd receive a proposal in a month or two.
On Wednesday, June 24, I finished printing three sets of proposals in the digital lab at the university where I teach. Each proposal had 40 pictures and a four page introduction sample of my written narrative. I planned to send them to Taschen Books, Chronicle Books and hadn't quite figured out who the third would be for. I slept well that night because I'd met my goal and the book proposal was ready to send out.
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- Todd Gray
- Los Angeles, CA, United States
- Todd Gray photographed Michael Jackson over a period of 10 years, often as Jackson's chosen photographer. He has shot numerous album covers and directed music videos, and his photo-based artwork is in the permanent collections of museums in the U.S. and abroad. He is currently a professor of art and photography at Cal State University, Long Beach, and lives in Los Angeles.
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