TRACY ANNE HART
Known for her widely published, exhibited and auctioned images of Texas Music legend Stevie Ray Vaughan who she had the privilege to photograph between 1983 and his untimely death in 1990. The prints have been shown in Austin, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon and sold to companies and private collectors from Texas to Australia. Sony Music has used her work on billboards and in print ads as well as several CDs and DVDs and the Stevie Ray Vaughan images have appeared on PBS, VH-1, on DVDs and many books, magazines, and charity auctions along with shots of the many other musicians she has photographed since 1979.
STAFF PICKS
Fine art print of Stevie Ray Vaughan playing "Number One" by Tracy Anne Hart, taken in September 1989. This image (flipped on its side) was used for the front cover of the "Real Deal" Greatest Hits CD.
Photographer's notes: "To really understand the power of Stevie’s playing you have to look beyond the equipment and into his heart, and at his strong, beautiful hands. In a sacrifice of blood for the blues he frequently gave his calluses, skin, and fingernails to the enormous strings that were an integral part of his sound. He also had a wonderfully warm, tight handshake. My Mother told me never to trust a man with a weak grip. No problems here!
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Stevie Ray Vaughan wearing a headdress on stage by Tracy Anne Hart, taken at the Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston Texas, January 1987.
Photographer's notes: "He’s playing “Pride and Joy” here in a headdress his brother Jimmie Vaughan gave him. I’ve always printed this image with a slight warm tone, and it was the first shot I ever printed digitally. The combination of the tone and Somerset Velvet substrate was my homage to Edward S Curtis Native American Photogravures. Photographers such as Curtis and my father, Leonard M. Hart are as much an influence to me and my style as Albert King and his brother Jimmie were to Stevie."
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Joe Ely with Mick Jones of The Clash by Tracy Anne Hart taken in Austin TX.
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Tracy Anne Hart Print Information
Archival pigment print on Hahnehmuhle photo rag using archival inks. Available in the following open edition sizes:
13x19"
16x20"
20x24"
36x42"
NOTE: Measurements quoted are paper size, with the printed image being slightly smaller to create a natural border to house the photographers signature