Armed with a macro lens, an incredible eye for detail, and a truly groundbreaking vision, Lisa Johnson's guitar art is taking the world of fine art photography on a rock-and-roll ride. A compilation of Johnson's stunningly personal and intimate portraits, 108 Rock Star Guitars features the guitars of rock-and-roll luminaries, including Les Paul, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Nancy Wilson, Bonnie Raitt, Chrissie Hynde, and many others. Far from still life, Johnson's work conjures the abstract yet also possesses a very sensual and ethereal feel that intentionally illustrates intimate wear-and-tear details. Her unique presentation personifies and captures a musician's true spirit in these musical extensions of the artist's body. This ultra-deluxe, coffee-table photo book reveals through Johnson's signature macrophotography style the etchings, totems, and personal touches of each featured guitar. It is a rare perspective that few people outside of the musicians' stage crew have seen. Alongside these images, Johnson provides personal anecdotes describing her 17-year journey to photograph these iconic instruments, documenting her travels from the backstage hallways of some the world's most famous concert venues to the artists' private homes. 108 Rock Star Guitars is a music and fine-art photography aficionado's private backstage pass to witness up-close these six-stringed works of art. For more information please visit: 108RockStarGuitars.com Most all the guitars heroes are here Clapton, Richards, Page, Raitt, and 104 others or rather, their fave axes are. The real star is the imagery: Johnson lovingly captures the bends, curves, worn frets and wild designs on these custom guitars against black seamless. -- American Photo Magazine , November/December 2013 ''In this edition, the music enthusiast and lover of art will be delighted with 108 Rock Star Guitars' coverage of classic instruments by Fender,Gibson, and Gretsch, to name a few, and some of the unique guitar designs not well known by the average guitar lover...'' --Guitar Girl Magazine, November 30th ''The justice that Johnson has done with her photography has given us views that even a visiting these guitars at a museum might not even give us, one look at this book and you'll never look at these same instruments the same way again.'' --YTSE Jam ''...Johnson captured these instruments in such stunning beauty that even those who have never picked up a guitar can appreciate the visuals.'' --NeuFutur Magazine ''It's a lovely book full of amazing photography of storied instruments.'' --Bill Kopp's Music Blog, Musoscribe ''...Johnson captured these instruments in such stunning beauty that even those who have never picked up a guitar can appreciate the visuals.'' --NeuFutur Magazine ''Each photo was lovingly shot by Lisa S. Johnson, whose camera displays every tiny detail of these iconic instruments. In short, if Les Paul were still around, this would be on his coffee table. How can we be so sure? Well, because he wrote the forward (a portion of the book's proceeds go to the Les Paul Foundation). A great gift for guitar lovers of all ages just don't spill any coffee on it.'' --Elmore Magazine ''...Johnson captured these instruments in such stunning beauty that even those who have never picked up a guitar can appreciate the visuals.'' --NeuFutur Magazine ''From Fender Stratocasters to Gibson Les Pauls to Flying V's, Telecasters, 12-strings, hollowbodies, and pretty much everything in between (including a few bass guitars for those more excited by four strings than six), 108 Rock Star Guitars is a variable 'who's who' of axes. With the photography both artistic and dramatic at every turn, Brian Setzer called it the classiest guitar book I have ever seen.''' --New York Journal of Books ''What's not to like? A good looking colourful book full of photos of your favorite guitarist's tools of the trade. Lisa S. Johnson has created such a book but has added the master touch of making the photos interesting from an unconventional and artistic point of view . . . If you like guitars then this book is a must.'' --Fireworks magazine Lisa S. Johnson (Malibu, CA, and Las Vega, NV) grew up in an artistic family, where she fell in love with melody and imagery and pursued a career in photography. After a successful ten-year stint working at Eastman Kodak Co., she met the owner of a vintage guitar shop in Memphis, Tennessee, and began to exclusively photograph guitars., Les Paul (1915-2009) was a guitar player, inventor, and recording artist. In 1941, he built his first solid-body electric, helping to shepherd into existence rock music as we know it today. Softcover Pages: 396