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The Passing of Rock 'n Roll Photographer Jim Marshall
By DE contributor | Photos to Inspire |
Mar 25, 2010
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| Photo: Jeffrey Scales/HSP Archive |
For nearly half-a-century Jim Marshall has captured his own rather remarkable share of "decisive moments." Whether it was an informal portrait of John Coltrane, a boyish Bob Dylan kicking a tire down a New York street, Hendrix immolating his Strat at Monterey Pop, The Who greeting the sunrise at Woodstock, or Johnny Cash flipping a big F-you at San Quentin, Jim Marshall was there. And during the most extraordinary times yet for popular music, he somehow seemed to be everywhere that mattered.
Jim Marshall
launched his professional photography career in 1960. And though he's
justly famous for countless iconic photographs of rock and jazz
musicians, and has also shot dozens of magazine features and over 500
album covers, few are aware that Jim's early work also includes
extensive documentation of poverty in Appalachia in the early-1960's, as
well as that era's Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi.
With several
collaborative volumes and four acclaimed solo books to his credit,
including, Trust and Match Prints, Jim Marshall continued
to exhibit internationally; his work was frequently published in
magazines and books across the globe, and his work found in the
Smithsonian Museum's permanent archives, as well as in countless private
collections.
Jim Marshall was in NY promoting his new book, Match Prints, when he
passed away in his sleep in a NY hotel, March 25th. He was 74.
Listen to his PWS interview:
Marshall Interview
Jim Marshall
photos copyright Jim Marshall (unless written otherwise)
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