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La Villa
The Rolling Stones 1971
Dominique Tarle
SIGNED Dominique Tarle
Limited Numbered Edition.
This is Number 758 of 1500
Paris. La Galerie De L'Instant. Photographs by Dominique Tarle. 2021. First English language edition. 152 pages. Numbered edition of 1500 copies. This is number 758. SIGNED in black marker on the title page. Hardcover. No dust jacket as issued. 154 mostly black and white reproductions. 26 are in color. New unread copy. There are minor imperfections. There is a tiny right angle crease to the upper right hand corner front board. There is a little loss of lamination along the spine as well as a circular crease. Internally, there is an almost imperceptible right angle crease to the upper right hand corner to about half of the pages. Not obtrusive and effecting only the white border. The illustrations are perfect. Text in English.
Fifty years ago, the biggest rock band in the world, the Rolling Stones, landed in the south of France. Following various tax woes in England, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor decided to come and seek shelter in France. The young photographer Dominique Tarle who had known the band for a few years in London and on tour, came to join his favorite musicians in order to immortalize them in this new environment.
He began with the now famous Villa Nellcote, rented by Keith Richards, overlooking Villefranche-sur-Mer harbor. He came to spend the day with the guitarist and his family, and will only leave 6 months later, following Keith's invitation to enjoy this special moment in their lives. How do you refuse such an offer, when you are a fan of photography and rhythm and blues?
Dominique Tarle then became the only photographer ever to live with this legendary band, at the height of their career, during the creation of the no less legendary album Exile on Main Street, going in the same day from the simplest daily events to the pure musical moments between professionals.
This unforgettable summer would forever leave its mark on the photographer's life and the history of rock'n'roll; the trust the band gave Dominique Tarle still holds even today and is testimony to the sincere friendship that bound him to these artists.
It became the location where Exile On Main Street was recorded, with the help of a mobile recording truck connected to a basement studio. Tarle recounted to the New York Times that, “A carnival of characters paraded through: Terry Southern, Gram Parsons, John Lennon, even a tribal band from Bengal… dope dealers from Marseille; petty thieves, who stole most of the rugs and half the furniture; and hangers-on, all of them there to witness what was happening.”
Tarle’s beautifully evocative photographs from Nellcote are renowned among Stones fans the world over. Tarle said, “… I realized that pictures are far more important than the photographers themselves. For myself,I could only say that the whole of the game was to remain invisible and to have the least possible impact on what was going on around me.”
New unread copy.
SIGNED by Dominique Tarle. Numbered. Limited to 1500 copies.