Guido Harari started out in the early Seventies as a music photographer and journalist. He also spent time exploring reportage, fashion, advertising, corporate photography and graphic design for his books.
He’s produced countless record covers for such artists as Kate Bush, David Crosby, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Ute Lemper, Paul McCartney, Lou Reed, Simple Minds and Frank Zappa.
In Italy Guido Harari has collaborated with many major stars, including Claudio Baglioni, Andrea Bocelli, Paolo Conte, Pino Daniele, Fabrizio De André, Mia Martini, Gianna Nannini, Luciano Pavarotti, PFM, Vasco Rossi, and Maestro Riccardo Muti and La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra.
He curated the large multimedia Fabrizio De André exhibition for Palazzo Ducale in Genoa, the Art Kane Visionary exhibition for Galleria Civica in Modena and Made in Cloister in Naples. His photography has also been the subject of numerous exhibitions at the Rockheim Museum in Norway, the Ravello Festival, the Galleria Nazionale dell’Umbria in Perugia, the Museo Nazionale Rossini in Pesaro and the Italian Embassy in Washington DC.
Guido has published numerous books: among them The Beat Goes On (with Fernanda Pivano, 2004), Vasco! (2006), Fabrizio De André. Una goccia di splendore (2007), Fabrizio De André & PFM. Evaporati in una nuvola rock (with Franz Di Cioccio, 2008), Mia Martini. L’ultima occasione per vivere (with Menico Caroli, 2009), Gaber. L'illogica utopia (2010), Tom Waits (2013), Pier Paolo Pasolini. Bestemmia (2015), The Kate Inside with his photographs of Kate Bush (2016), Wall Of Sound (2018), Fabrizio De André. Sguardi randagi (2018).
Bob Dylan taken in Italy during a press conference for the launch of his 1984 European Tour
Bob Dylan onstage at the Pavillon de Paris, Paris during his 'Street Legal' tour in July 1978
Bruce Springsteen onstage with Clarence Clemons during his first ever concert in Italy as part of his Born in the USA tour
David Bowie performing onstage in Milan, Italy in April 1990 during his Sound+Vision Tour
Jeff Buckley relaxing backstage during a soundcheck for his European Tour in 1994
Beautiful image of Joe Strummer from The Clash captured in Sanremo, Italy in 1981.
Joni Mitchell dressed à la Georgia O'Keefe, her favourite American painter, in her home in Bel Air in 1991
Joni Mitchell on her dining room floor alongside her famous GAP photo by Herb Ritts.
Kate Bush captured in 1993 during the filming for short film 'The Line, The Cross & The Curve'.
Kate Bush 'Birdfish' photograph taken during the officlal photo shoot for her album The Sensual World in 1989.
Underwater triptyc of Kate Bush captured during a photo shoot in London in 1989
Beautiful photograph of Kate Bush, foundly known as 'Wings', taken during The Sensual World photo shoot in 1989
Leonard Cohen lying down like a baby in a hotel in Milan, Italy in 1992
Leonard Cohen captured in his hotel room in Milan, Italy in 1989
Lou Reed brooding with his 'Lou's Views' glasses on whilst in Modena, Italy in 2004.
Patti Smith pictured in a beautiful villa just outside Milan, Italy in 1996 during her Gone Again tour
Patti Smith photographed at Villa Arconati in Italy during her Gone Again tour in 1996
Mick Jagger onstage with the Rolling Stones in Paris in 1982 during their European Tour
Tom Waits messing about in the kitchen of a Chinese restaurant during a promotional event for the release of his album Mule Variations
Tom Waits larking about in Santa Rosa, Califonia in January 1999 during an international press junket for the release Mule Variations
On the railways tracks in Santa Rosa, California in January 1999, Guido Harari captures a playful Tom Waits
Tom Waits captured whilst on a shoot promoting his album Bone Machine. The cape he is running with is another photographer's backdrop.
Radiohead shot for a MOJO cover story in their Oxford Studios in April of 2001
Limited edition of Morgan Howell's original painting of the cover of The Clash '(White Man) in Hammersmith Palais vinyl single
Freddie Mercury in the spotlight whilst playing the grand piano in Southampton in May, 1977.
Iconic photo of John Lennon with a flower in his eye, fondly known as 'Adoration'.
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