Bruce Talamon on photographing Black excellence in the 1970s

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🗓️ 31 May 2022

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Summary

Name a Black musician from the 1970s and chances are Bruce Talamon has photographed them. The Jackson 5. Aretha Franklin. Marvin Gaye. Donna Summer. Bob Marley. The list goes on.

For the final episode of our summer music series, former host Sam Sanders talks to Talamon about his incredible collection of photographs and what it was like to capture intimate moments with such iconic artists.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, from NPR, it's been a minute.
0:05.6	I'm Elise Hugh.
0:07.1	All month we've been bringing you special IBAM music episodes from the vault.
0:12.1	In our last episode of this music series, former host Sam Sanders chats with Bruce Taliman
0:17.5	about his photo book, Bruce W. Taliman.
0:21.1	Soul R&B Funk.
0:23.9	Photographs, 1972 to 1982.
0:27.7	Pam and Bruce talk back in 2018.
0:30.5	And without further ado, here's Sam.
0:32.5	Hey y'all, from NPR, I'm Sam Sanders.
0:34.6	It's been a minute.
0:35.9	So there's this picture that I'm obsessed with.
0:39.4	It's got Maurice White of Earth, running fire.
0:46.3	The photo's in black and white.
0:47.8	Maurice is walking away from the camera.
0:50.1	You see his back and he has this white umbrella he's holding over his head.
0:55.2	He's walking through sand, he's in a desert.
0:58.2	And behind him are three big pyramids, almost larger than life.
1:02.8	They are the pyramids in Egypt.
1:06.0	It is beautiful.
1:07.0	It's one of the most iconic music photos ever.
1:10.4	A man named Bruce Taliman took that picture and a lot of other pictures we are talking
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