Dylan by Schatzberg

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In 1965, photographer Jerry Schatzberg, already well-established in the field due to his fashion and portrait photography for publications such as Vogue, Esquire and Life, listened to Bob Dylan for the first time. Shortly thereafter, Schatzberg was photographing a job in his studio and had some fortuitous company. Music journalist Al Aronowitz and disc jockey Scott Ross were discussing Dylan and a recent performance they had seen. He volunteered that he'd like to photograph the singer if given the chance. Dylan's new wife called the following day and gave him an open invitation to the studio where he was currently recording 'Highway 61 Revisited'. Excited and curious, Schatzberg set off for the studio, exactly six days after the seminal Newport Folk Festival set where Dylan went electric and was collectively booed. Dylan gave him free rein of the studio once he started shooting and the images that emerged from that day make obvious the comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. That almost-instant trust and rapport quickly grew into a friendship and they are part of the reason Schatzberg's sittings with Dylan work so successfully. Schatzberg would do nine more photo shoots with Dylan from 1965-6, arguably the singer's most creative period, and capture the Nobel laureate during one of the most pivotal moments in music history. Part of their uniqueness is their basic broad range of intimate and public locations: music and photography studios, live performances and street portraits.