Moscow to host Michael Jackson Photo exhibit (Leutwyler photos)

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Moscow to host Michael Jackson photo exhibit
07:31 22/11/2011
MOSCOW, November 22 (RIA Novosti)

An exhibition featuring pictures of Michael Jackson’s personal items from his Neverland ranch will open on Wednesday at an art gallery in Moscow.

The organizers of the show at the Pobeda (Victory) art gallery said on Monday that the series of photographs, created by New York-based photographer Henry Leutwyler, document the inner turmoil of a person, who has reached the musical Olympus, but lost his family and friends on the way.

“For the first time the [Russian] viewers will have the opportunity to see the other side of the glamorous shows and videos that cost millions of dollars to produce,” the gallery said in a press release.

“Breaking the media myth, Leutwyler creates a portrait of a human being,” the document said.

Leutwyler, an internationally acclaimed and award winning photographer, took pictures of artifacts removed from the Neverland ranch in California for his Neverland Lost series prior to Michael Jackson’s untimely death more than two years ago.

“Michael Jackson sacrificed his childhood to the calling of his musical gift. Neverland was the pyramid he constructed to a lost childhood,” Leutwyler wrote after his work on the series had been completed.

Jackson died at age 50 on June 25, 2009, at a Los Angeles hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest and going into a coma.

Jackson’s personal doctor Conrad Murray was found guilty earlier in November of involuntary manslaughter in the pop star’s death. His sentencing has been set for November 29.

http://en.ria.ru/world/20111122/168921704.html
 
I would love to see this.

But I still get a bit sad every now and then when I see pictures of him.
 
Swiss photographer digs into pop king’s childhood


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Good photography is like archeology, believes Henry Leutwyler – the photographer behind the unusual exhibition of Michael Jackson’s personal items and suits that have just gone on show in Moscow.Leutwyler went to Michael Jackson’s estate – the legendary Neverland – to fulfill a magazine assignment: he had to photograph the iconic white glove. To his surprise, Leutwyler found much more than that. “Everything was packed up and prepared for an auction,” the photographer recalled. “We found thousands and thousands boxes. It was exciting in the beginning, but the more time went by, the sadder it became. Michael Jackson always complained he didn’t have a childhood. We all believe Neverland is based on ‘Peter Pan’. To rebuild a home to live as a child and to lose it again – it’s very sad. By the way, my favourite picture in the collection is the first edition of the book.”Michael Jackson’s estate is not the first famous interior examined by Leutwyler’s camera. The photographer admits he has a particular interest in investigating lives of people he never knew.“Many people I wanted to photograph were not here anymore – the likes of John Lennon and Alfred Hitchcock,” Leutwyler said. “So I thought that objects can also talk. It’s almost archeology. You become one of those guys digging in Egypt and finding something.”

http://rt.com/news/prime-time/michael-jackson-henry-leutwyler-973/
 
Jackson&#8217;s gold jackets reveal real Man in Mirror


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Neverland Lost - A Portrait of Michael Jackson by Henry Leutwayler


The King of Pop had a collection of gloves and gold jackets to die for, but a closer look at his coveted accessories yields surprising insights. Now, photos of MJ&#8217;s personal items and scenic suits will go on show in Moscow for the first time ever.At the Pobeda gallery, Russian fans will have a chance to see another side of the legendary entertainer captured in revealing images by renowned American photographer Henry Leutwayler, whose credits include portraits of Michelle Obama, Julia Roberts, Beyonce and Martin Scorsese.But the challenge this time around was to &#8220;destroy the media myth and create a portrait of the person&#8221; without much glitz and glamour.
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Neverland Lost &#8211; A Portrait of Michael Jackson by Henry Leutwayler

Leutwayler chose to focus on the material world of the iconic resident of Neverland ranch, who rose to the inaccessible peak of the musical Olympus &#8211; but eventually isolated himself from family and friends. &#8220;It was the story of a childhood sacrificed to musical gift and show. Neverland was a path which Jackson laid to the childhood,&#8221; the photographer explained.
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Neverland Lost &#8211; A Portrait of Michael Jackson by Henry Leutwayler

In 2009, he travelled to the singer&#8217;s &#8220;fortress&#8221; to take a photo of the King&#8217;s legendary white glove. &#8220;The house at Neverland had been vacant for several years till the time of my arrival. When I opened boxes with his belongings which were expecting auction, it evoked in me a deep sadness. The accessories of the King of Pop music were very simple. On sparkling shirts and gold jackets &#8212; sweat and cosmetics traces&#8221;.

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http://rt.com/art-and-culture/news/neverland-jackson-pobeda-leutwayler-911/
 
All of the pictures show very personal things, mostly clothes sometimes stained with sweat and make up. It was very emotional.
 
These are beautiful photographs...the colours and textures really 'sing'. Thank you for posting these.
I hope the exhibition travels to London eventually, as I'd love to see them, sad though they are.
 
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