Janette Beckman, Run-DMC and posse, Hollis, Queens, 1984
Janette Beckman
New York’s own Janette Beckman had the good fortune of kicking off her photography career at one of the most fertile moments for the city’s music scene — in the late ’70s and early ’80s, when punk was at its peak and hip hop was on the verge of becoming the most important musical movement to follow it. As a result, she snapped everyone from Run-DMC and Slick Rick to Blondie and Joe Strummer. (These images and more appear in our gallery of photos by Beckman and her contemporary, David Corio.) Beckman is still at it in the 21st century; recent subjects include M.I.A., Missy Elliott, and Thurston Moore.
If you’re a punk fan, you’ll definitely want to take a look at Beckman’s Made in the UK: The Music of Attitude 1977-1983. Hip-hop heads, meanwhile, would do well to check out The Breaks: Stylin’ and Profilin’ 1982-1990. You can also find a treasure trove of her new and old work at her website. Prints of her work are available via the Morrison Hotel Gallery.
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who are the rock photographers we should know that are only rock photographers (that are capturing younger acts)/that aren’t trying to be filmmakers?
@Jonny
Take a look at Tod Seelie http://blog.suckapants.com/
He’s got some amazing shots of Matt & Kim and Ninjasonic, and a bunch of Brooklyn bands. He also shot street artist Swoon’s Swimming the Seas of whatever… it’s good stuff
No Danny Clinch?
No Kate Simon, WTF!?!
Jeremy beat me to it, but how can this list not include Danny Clinch? Or Henry Diltz? Jim Marshall?
No Bob Gruen? Or the more current Clay Patrick McBride or Scott Irvine?
no annie leibovitz? she should have made this list!
This list is surely lacking.
Joe wins the award for today’s most constructive comment.
No Glen E Friedman??
Susan J Weiand is a wonderful Bay Area photographer who does a great job documenting the Jam Band Scene. I’ve seen her at almost every big show in the bay area and love her work.
http://susanjweiand.com/rockpics/
You missed Kelly Davidson.
http://www.kellydavidsonstudio.com
Kandi Cook is an amazing Memphis photographer!
http://kandicook.com/
what about Laura Levine???? http://bit.ly/qxHxrU
Thanks Judy for this list ,I knew most of the photographers already, my favorite being Anton Corbijn. But there were a few suprises in there too.
JM I think everyone already knows Annie Leibowitz’s work, and she isn’t primarily a rock photographer either.
How could you leave Jim Marshall out of a post like this?
Danny Clinch!
Thank you Judy! brad
Peter Beste!
David Gahr, simply the best there ever was.
I think there’s a difference between a rock photographer and a commercial photographer who happens to take photos of musicians.
Why isn’t Jeff Love listed? #disappointed
Kevin Mazur, founder of WireImage!?!
What about Bob Gruen? This has to be a joke.
Not taking away from those that were named, all great work, but you leave out Henry Diltz, Gered Mankowitz, Neal Preston, Ebet Roberts, and those that were mentioned above, Bob Gruen, Danny Clinch, Justin Borucki and Clay Patrick McBride? I could name at least a dozen more. Maybe it should have been the top 25. Someone else will have to name me, Len DeLessio. I’m to shy to do that myself.
ROBERT KNIGHT???!!! Yeah, you know….the guy who shot Jimi Hendrix lighting the guitar on fire? Yeah, that one!!!
Pretty tough to name 10 Music photographers that you should know, but it’s got us all thinking which is a good thing. I used to work for Retna (UK office) photo agency in the early 1990s. I was in my early 20s and people like Neal Preston would drop by and take you down the pub. I think they liked me because I liked a lot of 1960s music, probably made them feel young. Anyway, you might want to check out Paul Slattery, Ray Stevenson, Michael Putland, Ian Tilton and Roger Sargent.
You should do more of these type of features.
David Arnoff!
I have to admit, You made my day. Beautiful images. Came here from deviantart and you should put more there or here, cause now I am following you.
Thanks Man.
Totally flattered, randomly found out you mentioned me right after my pal, Brad Elterman. Blessings, gratitude and Namaste, jenny lens ;-) ❤
If you would like to see some classic shots from across the music spectrum you should really be mentioning Jay Blakesberg as well. Definitely do yourself a favor and explore his website and see numerous recognizable iconic images.
http://www.blakesberg.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jay-Blakesberg-Photography/108844062482118
While perusing your list of “10 Rock Photographers That You Should Know” I had noticed you failed to mention the prolific, San Francisco based photographer Jay Blakesberg. Jay has a plethora of iconic photos of so many music legends and has adorned the cover of the great rock magazines and it is definitely worth the time to check out his work on his website and/or on facebook.
http://www.blakesberg.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jay-Blakesberg-Photography/108844062482118
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To those who are disappointed that the likes of Bob Gruen and Annie Leibovitz didn’t make the list, they did warn us: “we’ve put together a list of ten rock photographers you should know — not the most famous names in the field, but a very subjective group of those whose work we’ve noticed and loved.”
So let’s think of this list as an alternative to the huge names we usually hear about.
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