Jimi Hendrix filming Janis Joplin backstage at Winterland, San Francisco, 1968 © Jim Marshall
Throughout his illustrious career, American photographer Jim Marshall (1936-2010) defined the look of rock and roll. His images helped turned the genre into a revolutionary movement which went against the oppressive power structure of the status quo.
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“Jim was a very complicated man and anybody who knew him either hated him or loved him,” says Amelia Davis, Marshall’s longtime assistant. She is also the editor of Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture – Images and Stories from a Photography Legend (Chronicle Books), a masterful compendium of the photographer’s life designed to complement the documentary film, Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall.
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“He had a rough exterior,” she continues. “He was a drug-addicted, drinking, gun-toting guy. But when you look at these photographs you see humanity in Jim, because he wouldn’t be able to take those photos if he didn’t have that inside of him.”
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John Coltrane at Ralph Gleason’s house in Berkeley, California, 1960 © Jim Marshall
Janis Joplin “happy” backstage at Winterland, San Francisco, 1968 © Jim Marshall