Alfred Wertheimer: Elvis and the Birth of Rock and Roll

The making of Elvis, behind the scenes“Elvis who?” was photographer Al Wertheimer’s response when, in early 1956, an RCA Victor publicist asked him to shoot an up-and-coming crooner from Memphis. Little did Wertheimer know that this would be the job of his life: just 21 years old, Elvis Presley was—as we now know—about to become a More »