by Win Rosenfeld

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Autumn de Wilde on photographing Elliott Smith

Elliott Smith
Photograph by Autumn de Wilde

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When troubador Elliott Smith took his own life in 2003, photographer Autumn de Wilde lost a close friend. She took the photographs for Smith's 2000 album Figure 8, but the two established a bond that went beyond their professional relationship. The typically private Smith allowed de Wilde to take hundreds of intimate photographs over the course of their friendship.

This month, with the consent of Smith's family, de Wilde has released a compilation book of those pictures, entitled "Elliott Smith." She talked us through them for today's show.

Above is a selection of those photographs accompanied by some clips of Smith's music (track names after the jump).

 

1) No Name #3 - from the album, Roman Candle (Cavity Search Records, 1994)
2) Say Yes - from the album, Either/Or (Kill Rock Stars, 1997)
3) Roman Candle - from the album, Roman Candle (Cavity Search Records, 1994)
4) Miss Misery - from the album, Good Will Hunting: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture (Capitol, 1997)
5) The Biggest Lie - from the album, Elliott Smith (Kill Rock Stars, 1995)