How to capture Tina Turner's soul: Peter Lindbergh's son on his father's bond with the singer

"In 1989, Tina Turner's manager, Roger Davies who also managed the careers of Olivia Newton-John, Cher, Janet Jackson, Joe Cocker, Sade, and Pink struggled to get Peter Lindbergh, then one of the most sought-after photographers in the world, to pick up the phone. At least that's what can be deduced from one of the original letters included in Tina Turner by Peter Lindbergh, a book that gathers the best images (contact sheets included) from all the memorable photo sessions that did eventually take place."

"Again, because between 1976 the year she finally broke not only personally but also professionally from her abusive husband, the famous Ike whose surname she had taken and 1984, Tina Turner went through years of hardship and obscurity: buried in debt, she spent that period touring hotel circuits until, a decade later, she scored her first solo No. 1 with What's Love Got to Do With It, the title track of the album that would ultimately earn her a Grammy."

Peter Lindbergh initially resisted photographing Tina Turner but accepted a Paris shoot after a handwritten note and postscript. The resulting sessions produced iconic images and contact sheets that were later collected. Turner endured years of hardship and obscurity between 1976 and 1984 after leaving Ike Turner, touring small venues and remaining in debt. She returned to major success with the 1984 hit 'What's Love Got to Do With It' and a 1985 film appearance in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Extensive touring followed, and the 1989 album Foreign Affair solidified her leather-clad, rock-and-roll sensual image.

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