Originally released in 2013, the critically acclaimed ‘Waits/Corbijn ’77–’11’ has returned to print in a stunning new edition, released on December 9, 2025. This visual odyssey chronicles the 35-year creative partnership between legendary musician Tom Waits and world-renowned Dutch photographer Anton Corbijn. Structured chronologically, the book features over 200 pages of Corbijn’s stark, evocative portraits that capture Waits’ evolution from a young beat-poet in 1977 to the multifaceted troubadour and raconteur of the 21st century. The collaboration is framed by introductions from filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and “Dean of American Rock Critics” Robert Christgau, with Jarmusch famously describing the pairing of the two artists as “an axis of evil geniuses.”
Beyond Corbijn’s iconic photography, the 272-page volume includes a unique 50-page section titled ‘Curiosities’, which marks the first published collection of Tom Waits’ own photography, poems, stories, and visual collages. This section provides fans with a rare, intimate look into Waits’ personal artistic intelligence, showcasing everything from extreme close-ups of the mundane to typed musings and salvaged artifacts. Housed in a collectible slipcase and featuring 226 color and duotone plates, this re-issue from Prestel Publishing distills decades of mutual inspiration into a single, definitive work. It remains an essential artifact for photography enthusiasts and die-hard fans seeking to understand the “liberating legal drug” of one of rock’s most fruitful artistic friendships.