Photographer behind striking album covers for Bob Dylan, George Harrison and Janis Joplin
The American photographer Barry Feinstein, who has died aged 80, made his most famous series of images when he accompanied Bob Dylan and the Band on their controversial tour of Britain in 1966. On stage, Dylan was aloof to the point of imperious, a dandy in shades and a sharp suit, willing his new electric music on disgruntled audiences who wanted the familiar folk singer they knew and revered.
When Feinstein's fly-on-the-wall photographs of the tour finally appeared in his book Real Moments, published in 2008, Dylan emerged as an even more complex figure. Often he looks gaunt and fragile, his eyes hidden behind ever-present shades, his body hunched against the cold British winds and the imploring eyes of his faithful. One such image of Dylan waiting for the Aust ferry to take him across the Severn was used as...
The American photographer Barry Feinstein, who has died aged 80, made his most famous series of images when he accompanied Bob Dylan and the Band on their controversial tour of Britain in 1966. On stage, Dylan was aloof to the point of imperious, a dandy in shades and a sharp suit, willing his new electric music on disgruntled audiences who wanted the familiar folk singer they knew and revered.
When Feinstein's fly-on-the-wall photographs of the tour finally appeared in his book Real Moments, published in 2008, Dylan emerged as an even more complex figure. Often he looks gaunt and fragile, his eyes hidden behind ever-present shades, his body hunched against the cold British winds and the imploring eyes of his faithful. One such image of Dylan waiting for the Aust ferry to take him across the Severn was used as...
- 10/25/2011
- by Sean O'Hagan
- The Guardian - Film News
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The Legend of Taylor Mead will be celebrated all weekend, starting tonight, at the Harvard Film Archive.
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The Legend of Taylor Mead will be celebrated all weekend, starting tonight, at the Harvard Film Archive.
The Wages of Fear: The Films of Henri-Georges Clouzot is on at the Tiff Bell Lightbox in Toronto through November 29. Blake Williams has an overview at Ioncinema.
- 10/22/2011
- MUBI
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