When London-based Helwig met up with Beck in Amsterdam, she was immediately impressed with his entourage. “Both his kids and his wife were on tour with him,” she says. “He’s got a 14-month-old and a four-year-old; that’s cuteness guaranteed.” Helwig, 36, has also shot for The New York Times Magazine and Vogue. Favorite Beck song: “Loser”
John McAlley Writer, Beck (page 64) > “Because of the amazing range of his work, it was hard to fathom what Beck would be like in person,” says McAlley. “Ultimately, I wasn’t surprised that he was uninterested in excessive niceties or that he had a distracted, slightly out-of-it air about him.” The Dallas-based McAlley is a contributing editor at NPR.org and has written for GQ and Entertainment Weekly. Favorite Beck song: “Lost Cause”
Nick Haymes Photographer, Crystal Castles (page 72) < Shooting the buzzed-about electro duo was not without its challenges. “The trickiest thing was trying to keep up with Alice while photographing her onstage,” Haymes says. His book Between Dog and Wolf (Nieves) was published last year. Favorite Crystal Castles song: “I listen to the album start to finish each time.”
Marc Weingarten Writer, Stanton LaVey (page 80) < “He looks as if he might chew your head off,” Weingarten says of the grandson of the Church of Satan founder. “But there’s a gentleness to his nature. You just have to know where to look.” The author of The Gang That Wouldn’t Write Straight (Crown), Weingarten has also written for The New York Times. Favorite rock album: “Black Sabbath’s first record.”
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