Michael Stipe has a photo-book out - of stars, lovers and Kurt Cobain's hands

You rarely see a face depicted in Michael Stipe's photo book, instead Stipe shoots hands, arms, the backs of heads. “I didn’t even realise that until the book came out”, he says, “It might be a built-in shyness, although bringing a camera up automatically alters the experience of being with another person. I might have been capturing certain moments by not being that direct” - he told The Guardian. 'Michael Stipe: Volume 1' is "a beautifully presented collection of 35 of his photographs whittled down from a whopping 37,000".