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Linda McCartney, Life In Photographs

Posted by Musicofourheart on June 14, 2011
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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 ;)

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Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Michael Zagaris

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 23, 2011
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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)

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Copyright Michael Zagaris 1976

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Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Yelena Yemchuk

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 22, 2011
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Yelena Yemchuk is a professional photographer, painter and film director, best known for her work with The Smashing Pumpkins.

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Copyright Yelena Yemchuk

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Baron Wolman

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 21, 2011
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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 and roll music tastes through his insightful lens.

Book: Every Picture Tells A Story, Baron Wolman, The Rolling Stone Years (Due to be released in October, 2011).

I look forward to this book being available later this year. I hope Baron Wolman comes East to autograph the book along with a  photo gallery show at Morrison Hotel Gallery.

I own this piece on my music wall in my home office, signed by Baron Wolman and Carlos Santana, it’s a striking work of art.

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Copyright Baron Wolman

© BARON WOLMAN, 2000

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Jurgen Vollmer

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 20, 2011
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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 became one of the group’s photographers, and was responsible for the “Beatles haircut” and some of their most iconic images in their leather-clad days prior to Brian Epstein. John Lennon was particularly impressed with Vollmer’s photos, and used one of his favourites on the cover of his 1975 album Rock ‘n’ Roll. (wikipedia),

Book: From Hamburg to Hollywood

From Hamburg to Hollywood

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Copyright Jurgen Vollmer

Copyright Jurgen Vollmer

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Storm Thorgerson

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 19, 2011
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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.

Pink Floyd - Liquid Dark Side

Book: Mind Over Matter 4: The Images of Pink Floyd

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Copyright Storm Thorgerson

Copyright Storm Thorgerson

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Frank Stefanko

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 18, 2011
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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 artists from the sixties and seventies including The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Janis Joplin, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Bette Midler, Johnny Winters and more.  (Bio information courtesy of Morrison Hotel Gallery)

Book: Patti Smith American Artist

© FRANK STEFANKO, 1978

© FRANK STEFANKO, 1978

© FRANK STEFANKO, 1974

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Mick Rock

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 17, 2011
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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

© MICK ROCK, 1982

© MICK ROCK, 1974

© MICK ROCK

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Neal Preston

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 16, 2011
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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.

Led Zeppelin

© NEAL PRESTON

© NEAL PRESTON, 1977

© NEAL PRESTON

Rock Music Photographers, A-Z, Michael Ochs

Posted by Musicofourheart on April 15, 2011
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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] 

Book: Rock Archives: A Photographic Journey Through the First Two Decades of Rock and Roll