| I first saw the Grateful Dead in concert at
Gaelic Park in the Bronx (New York) on 26 August 1971. It set the tone for
the music I've been listening to ever since. In September 1972, we went to
see the Dead at the Stanley Theater. We had front row center balcony
seats. But when we arrived, found that they had set the mix up where our
seats were to be, so we were moved to the front row center. I had just
gotten a 135mm f2.5 lens for my Pentax SP500 and that's what I used to
take the memorable pictures below of Jerry Garcia. What an incredible way
to start a career in photography. I spent the early 1970's photographing
rock concerts. I sold photographs of Rod Stewart to Mercury Records for the music book that
accompanied the "Every Picture Tells a Story" album. I had a photograph of
Sly Stone appear full page in the NY Times as an ad for a concert. I had a
photograph of the Alice Cooper Band appear in Circus Magazine. I
became a staff photographer for the local New York City area magazine
"Good Times" where I was in good company. The now famous
Richard Aaron was also a staff photographer and then became
photography editor. Then in 1974 I started photographing sports.. |
