When 22-year-old American photographer Blake Woodmoved to London in 2007, a mutual friend introduced him to Amy Winehouse. After winning five Grammy Awardsfor her 2006 album Back to Black, the celebrated singer with the sultry and emotionally raw voice was at the height of her celebrity, but struggling with her wayward partner and the scrutiny of constant media attention. Bonding personally and creatively, Wood and Winehouse developed a close friendship and would become inseparable for the next two years.From images of Winehouse performing in Paristo playing drums at her home studio in Camden Town, London, from lovingly composed portraits of her at ease on St. Luciato carefree vamping for the camera, this is an intimate visual diaryof the soul diva at a time when she was one of the most celebrated voices on earth.The story of this profound emotional collaboration is told through the lens of her confidant, in 85 color and black-and-white photographs, most of them never published before, that reveal their mutual love, trust, and respect. With text by acclaimed pop culture critic Nancy Jo Sales, discover a rare and lighter side of this much-missed icon, totally at ease in front of her friend’s camera; a typical young London girl enjoying life to the fullest.