Utilizing footage from 1971 and 1972, photographer Bob Gruen (recognized for capturing photographs of rock artists like John Lennon, The Rolling Stones, and Elton John) recorded the life and profession of the couple on tour between 1971 and 1972. In a 2012 interview with The Tina Turner Weblog, Gruen defined the importance of capturing Ike and Tina, saying, “It’s wonderful, as a result of it is the one footage that’s accessible that reveals them as they’re. Since we received to know them personally, we had been filming extra than simply the reveals: we had been filming them within the airports and on the planes and we went to California for some time. Ike & Tina recording within the studio, Tina at residence frying up dinner for the children, Ike rehearsing the band. It reveals them in a extremely intimate means.”
