Jim Marshall, who died today at 74; was known as the world’s pre-eminent Rock & Roll Photographer. For more than a half century, he traveled the world capturing Rock & Roll’s most iconic figures such as Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, Janis Joplin, and Bob Dylan in all of their glory. He was the chief photographer at Woodstock and was the only photographer granted backstage access to the Beatles final concert at San Francisco’s…
Peter Max’s art work was part of the psychedelic movement in graphic design and he is a pop culture icon. Max works in multiple media, including acrylics, oil, water colors, dyes, pastels, pen, charcoal, multi-colored pencils, lithographs, collage, computer graphics, and more. His works are filled with bold colors and uplifting images. His artistic diversity has touched almost every aspect of American culture and has…
“He had a secret relationship with playing the guitar, and though it was incredibly technical and based in theory, it was his theory. And I think that was sacry to him. That’s why you almost never read an interview with him explaining his live-gear setup or his favorite scales. That’s part of what made his playing so compelling — all you heard was the color.” – John Mayer. Rolling Stone Magazine. 4.15.04
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There are certain images that define my childhood. If someone were to make a movie about me, and there were to be a cheesy photo montage, there would most definitely be an image of a young elementary aged girl in her pajamas scouring the Sunday Times for the weekly caricature by Al Hirshfeld. He opened me up to art for many reasons, he was a caricaturist so his drawings were essentially cartoons that greatly appealed…
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