Duran Duran Unseen

Duran Duran Unseen is a 144 page book first published on 5th November 2005 by "Reynolds and Hearn" with a later edited edition issued in 2008 and includes early unseen photos od Duran Duran.

About the book
The book features a rare and extensive collection of photographs by Paul Edmonds that were taken between 1979 and 1982 starting before the band's first singe "Planet Earth" in March 1981 and during the bands earliest taste of fame.The photographs capture the essence of the post-punk glamour scene in the industrial city of Birmingham (UK),including the rise of one of it's most successful resident band Duran Duran.

1980
In 1980 Paul Edmond was a young,up and coming photographer who was friendly with members of Duran Duran as well as leading participants in the Birmingham music and style explosion,all of whom feature in this book.This includes Patti Bell and Jane Kahn whose "Kahn &amp; Belle" fashion label typified the post punk glamour.They were both part of the Rum Runner nightclub scene and friends with members of Duran Duran, who they greatly influenced the fashion of the band.A photo of Patti Bell features in this book with the same picture used as the cover of the 2006 album "Only After Dark",which was compiled by Nick Rhodes and John Taylor,recreating a night at the Rum Runner.There are  also pictures of  Jane Farrimond and Martin Degville who created the fashion label "Ya Ya" who later made their mark with the band Sigue Sigue Sputnik.Duran Duran first managers Paul and Michael Berrow  and owners of the Rum Runner also features.

Photographer
The Photographer Paul Edmonds was described by Nick Rhodes as "Better than anyone else from that period,capturing those very early moments,the inception of the band,whilst we were stumbling around  trying to find what our identity was going to be".The co-author of this book Kasper De Graaf commented that the appeal of Paul Edmonds's pictures is not just most of them are hitherto "Unseen",but that they capture Duran Duran as part of the scene from which they emerged: not just "unseen" ,but "unvarnishes" "uncensored and yet "unstyled".

Authors
The authors of the book are Kasper De Graaf and graphic designer Malcolm Garrett who designed the art work for Duran Duran's first 4 albums and associated singles.The photographs were taken between 1979 and 1982 starting before the bands first singe "Planet Earth" in March 1981 and during the bands earliest taste of fame.

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