On Friday night Colleen and I went to the Annenberg Space for Photography to view a photographic history of Rock and Roll, 1955 to the present. The exhibit describes itself as the first major museum exhibit to spotlight the creative and collaborative role that photographers played in the history of rock and roll music; a group show featuring 166 prints from over 100 photographers. The show was organized by the Brooklyn Museum by Gail Buckland and is now off on a world tour beginning in New Zealand.
The entertaining documentary film produced exclusively for the Annenberg Space features nine photographers including Guy Webster who has shot hundreds of album covers including the Rolling Stones, Beach Boys, The Doors, Simon & Garfunkel and the Mamas and Papas. In describing the Mamas and Papas bath tub photo, he said that they were all so stoned they couldn't go anywhere else so they climbed into the tub with their clothes on and he shot the photos.
The film also features the work of Linda McCartney featuring images she photographed that have been hand picked by Paul and their daughter Mary with an on-camera interview with Mary about her mother's work. The rest of the photographers featured in the film are Henry Diltz, Jill Furmanovsky, Ed Colver, Lynn Goldsmith, Bob Gruen, Mark Seliger and Norman Seeff.
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| Elvis Leaves Home to Perform at Russwood Stadium, 1956 by Alfred Wertheimer. |
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| KISS - Dressed to Kill, NYC, 1974 by Bob Gruen |
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| The Mamas and the Papas, 1966, by Guy Webster |
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| Tina Turner by Henry Diltz, 1985 |
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| Bob Dylan, "Blonde on Blonde," NYC, 1966 by Jerry Schatzberg |
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| Jagger/Leopard, Los Angeles, 1992, by Albert Watson. |
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| The Rollling Stones, 1965 |
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| Elvis Presley, University of Dayton Field House, 1956, by Marvin Israel |
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| Madonna, NYC, 1983 by Amy Arbus |
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