Elvis Photographer- 2010 Exhibition and Tour

Photojournalist and Elvis fan favorite Alfred Wertheimer introduces “Elvis at 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer,” a new Smithsonian traveling exhibition, with 56 of his striking images to debut at The Grammy Museum in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2010, Elvis’s 75th birthday.

Al Wertheimer had unparalleled access and documented Elvis on the road, backstage, in concert, in the recording studio and at home in Memphis. Colonel Tom Parker, Elvis’ manager, restricted contact just a short time later. The photographs document a remarkable time when Elvis could sit alone at a drugstore lunch counter.

Developed collaboratively by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery and the Govinda Gallery, “Elvis at 21” will be on view at The Grammy Museum through March 28, 2010.

I absolutley love that picture.

I love the story about Alfred Wertheimer's boss only giving him black and white film because colour film was too expensive and they did not want to waste it on this boy from Memphis who might only last 6 months in his career!!!!!!!!!