Peter Max
Remembers
Frank Sinatra
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“My earliest memory of Frank
Sinatra was watching him in
movies like Anchors Away at
Saturday matinee movies
when I was a kid growing up in
Shanghai, China,” recalled Peter
Max. “He was America to me.
And then I heard his songs, unbe-
lievable, smooth, deep and just
timeless. I first heard his songs as
a kid in Shanghai too, on Shang-
hai radio. They had an American
swing jazz and jazz standard show.
I just loved his voice, his songs, his
arrangements. He was a master.
I was truly honored to work with
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his daughter Nancy and grand
daughter Amanda in curating the
images that I painted portraits of
to honor his life. His music, film
roles and life’s works stay with us
and are a part of us. I looked to
capture some of his electricity and
some of the many moments of his
long career in my portraits of him.”
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