IT CAME FROM HOBOKEN Frank Sinatra)
by Bernie Taupin & Terry O'Neill
Actor and singer Frank Sinatra smokes during the making of The Lady in Cement in Miami, 1968. The title of Taupin's reworking doubles as a reference to Sinatra's hometown, and a homage to the 1953 American science fiction horror film It Came from Outer Space.
MADE IN THE USA (Paul Newman)
by Bernie Taupin & Terry O'Neill
Paul Newman poses in a cowboy hat in Tucson, Arizona, in a publicity still for the 1972 comedy western Pocket Money. Newman, behind whom Taupin has arranged a downpour of gum wrappers and a section of the stars and stripes, was a conflicted patriot: a lover of cars and cold Budweiser who found himself on Richard Nixon's enemies list for opposing the Vietnam War.
OH WHAT A NIGHT (Sophia Loren)
by Bernie Taupin & Terry O'Neill
Italian actress Sophia Loren cuts a wistful figure during the filming of the 1978 film Brass Target in Switzerland. The frame on the wall, which in the original photograph held a painting of a mediaeval court scene, is replaced in Taupin's interpretation by a colourful abstract-expressionist piece, its paint leaking into the containing photograph to form a unsightly orange blotch on the actress's pristine white sheets.
CONFECTIONARY ST. (Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip)
by Bernie Taupin and Terry O'Neill
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip pose for their official portrait in 1992. The piece on the wall in the background, which originally depicted a mediaeval scene, has been replaced by a vibrantly-coloured collage of logos from quintessentially British brands, a comment on the broad scope of national identity.
FULL CONTROL TO COL. TOM (Elvis Presley)
by Bernie Taupin and Terry O'Neill
In his famous high collar and a scarf, legendary singer Elvis Presley arrives at the International Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on August 1st, 1969, the day of his comeback press conference. With his addition of a wall of multi-colored, pixel-like blocks, Taupin's reworking and its title allude to the coercive influence Elvis's manager Colonel Tom Parker held over the singer's life and career.
THE CONSTELLATION DINO (Dean Martin)
by Bernie Taupin and Terry O'Neill
American actor, singer and Rat Pack member Dean Martin straightens his tie backstage at a Las Vegas nightclub in 1971. The darkness that surrounds Martin in the original photograph is filled by a galaxy of stars, martini glasses and dancing-girl designs reminiscent of the old-school neon displays that advertised clubs across America, forming a nightlife constellation with Dean Martin at its center.