I recently did a Rock Music Photographers A-Z tribute on this blog site. When I came to the letter M I honored Linda McCartney as one of our preeminent music photographers. We’ve always felt the warmth and sincerity of Linda McCartney in our lives.
Now a new retrospective of Linda McCartney’s most iconic images has been sorted and sifted through by husband Paul McCartney and daughter’s Mary and Stella and are featured in a new book – Linda McCartney: A Life in Photographs. A selection of these photos has also gone on display in London and New York City.
The New York City exhibit LINDA MCCARTNEY : LIFE IN PHOTOGRAPHS will be on display from June 2 – July 29, 2011 at the Bonni Benrubi Gallery on 41 East 57th Street.
Sir Paul McCartney and his daughters Mary and Stella discuss talk about the new retrospective photo book and exhibition in this video.
See how many celebrities(music and otherwise…) you can recognize in the video of the London gallery première below
Michael Zagaris, known as ‘the Z-man’, became the Stones, the Who, Led Zeppelin; not vicariously but actually. As an insider in those days, he took photographs of what was, not what one expected to see, and as an insider today he does the same thing for 21st century bands and artists. (Courtesy of Wolfgang’s Vault)
Baron Wolman was the first photographer to work for America’s legendary Rolling Stone magazine, many of whose images from the late sixties and early seventies have become iconic shots from rock’s most productive era. I have read Rolling Stone Magazine since its inception and have very fond memories of Baron Wolman’s unique photographs. He defined and shaped my rock [...]
Jürgen Vollmer, with Astrid Kirchherr and Klaus Voorman (the “Exis“), befriended The Beatles during the band’s time in Hamburg in the early 1960s. Vollmer was the son of a professional army officer who died during World War II. Young Vollmer was attending Hamburg’s Institute of Fashion at the time he met The Beatles, who at the time included drummer Pete Best and bassist Stu Sutcliffe. Vollmer quickly [...]
Storm Thorgerson is the perfect intersection of graphics design and rock music photography. He is known as the definitive graphics designer for Pink Floyd. Storm Thogerson is constantly reinventing the visual experience. Book: Mind Over Matter 4: The Images of Pink Floyd
Frank Stefanko is a fine art photographer whose work graces the album covers of Bruce Springsteen’s Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River as well as the cover of Southside Johnny’s Hearts of Stone album. Frank’s portfolio includes vintage and contemporary photographs of Bruce Springsteen and Patti Smith, as well as other rock [...]
Mick Rock is “The Man Who Shot the 70s”, the inimitable rock photographer who launched his career with an unknown David Bowie in 1972. Book: Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock n’ Roll
We’ve had the distinct pleasure of meeting Neal Preston at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in SoHo, NYC. Neal was very congenial and he autographed his book, Led Zeppelin: Phtographs by Neal Preston, for us.
Michael Ochs is an American photographic archivist best known for his extensive collection of pictures related to rock music dating back to the 1950s and 1960s. The Los Angeles Times calls Ochs “America’s preeminent rock ‘n’ roll photo archivist”[2] and described his archive as “the dominant force in the rock image marketplace”;[3] The New York Times called it “the premier source of musician photography in the world”.[1] [...]
I recently did a Rock Music Photographers A-Z tribute on this blog site. When I came to the letter M I honored Linda McCartney as one of our preeminent music photographers. We’ve always felt the warmth and sincerity of Linda McCartney in our lives.
