Last week, the Bay Area lost long time San Francisco resident and photographer Jim Marshall. Jim helped shape the image and record the history of rock and roll in the 60’s and 70’s. If you recall ever seeing iconic images of Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival or Johnny Cash giving the camera the finger at a San Quentin prison performance, then you’ve seen some of Jim’s work. In addition to his documentary style portrait photography, Marshall also shot over 500 album covers. He was known to be as rebellious as the figures he captured and was an important part of the legacy of Bay Area music.
You can check out a virtual collection of his work at www.marshallphoto.com
-Nicole Leigh
Photo courtesy of Scott Sommerdorf