SLIPKNOT: 'Dysfunctional Family Portraits' Photo Book To Receive North American Release

March 28, 2016

Following a hugely successful touring exhibition, Paul Harries has selected the best of his stunning SLIPKNOT photographs for a new book. Released in the U.K. last year, "Dysfunctional Family Portraits" will finally be made available in North America in April.

SLIPKNOT, the instantly recognizable heavy metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, shot to fame after the release of their first album in 1999, grabbing the attention of millions of adoring fans, and some not-so-adoring conservative commentators. Harries photographed them on stage, backstage and through artistic eyes, and "Dysfunctional Family Portraits" is a fascinatingly creative look at this distinctive band.

The name "Dysfunctional Family Portraits" perfectly sums up the band, a dysfunctional melee of chaos and aggressive music, while the humans behind the monstrous masks remained truly close, and their camaraderie comes across in these intimate photographic portraits. The energy and chaos of their live shows is particularly well-captured by Harries' brilliant shots, showing them in their natural habitat: that of loud, sweaty, energetic and adrenaline-fuelled music.

Throughout "Dysfunctional Family Portraits", Paul Harries guides the reader on a journey from SLIPKNOT's beginnings with their truly terrifying masks and red boiler suits, through their changing looks and their artistic developments. As Paul Harries says, being a rock photographer is not an easy task. You have to be able to capture personality and the essence of a musical style in a visual medium. But photographing SLIPKNOT is a whole new endeavour, capturing masked madmen straight out of a horror film while maintaining order among the chaos must have been difficult, but the brilliance of this book is testament to his ability as a photographer.

Featuring full-color photographs of SLIPKNOT throughout their journey as a band, you will get to see exclusive backstage antics, dynamic shots of their legendary live shows, as well as hundreds of other behind-the-scenes pictures and words from Harries and members of the band.

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