"I happen to be on the East Coast in New York City. And People magazine hired me to photograph Roger Waters. One of the people in Pink Floyd who had started a solo career. He lived out on Long Island. This is a suburb of New York City. And he lived near the beach.

I went to Long Island and we couldn't photograph him at his house. I think we took a picture of him in front of his house and then we went to the beach, and there happened to be a run-down old house that looked like it had been destroyed by a storm. And I don't know how long it's been there, but I positioned it in front of it because it looked kind of surreal to me like Pink Floyd. We saw it by accident. And I thought that made a little bit of sense, because he's Roger Waters, after all. He wasn't the type to do a lot of photo shoots, so I was lucky to be assigned the story and get to do the shoot with him." - NEAL

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The Story behind the Picture – by Neal Preston



Neal Preston - Exhilarated and Exhausted

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Neal Preston is one of the greatest rock photographers of all time. "Exhilarated and Exhausted" is an unrestricted retrospective of his 40-year career. This was produced in collaboration with Neal and is the first time he has granted unrestricted access to his legendary archive – it is considered one of the most important and extensive photo collections in the music industry. This extraordinary band is a who's who of rock kings.

Neal has been the official tour photographer for Led Zeppelin, Queen, Bruce Springsteen and The Who, and has also photographed extensively the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson and many more.

The book includes his portraits, backstage moments, live performances, post-performance highs and lows, and outtakes. Neal's photographs vibrate with a palpable and inimitable intensity. Neal is a true insider, and the images are brought to life by his liner text – a stunning insight into life as a rock 'n' roll photographer on tour.