Jim Marshall, who helped create rock-n-roll's public image, was found dead on March 24th in his New York City hotel room. The cause of death is not yet known. His iconic and imitate images of Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash and other performers in the 1960s and '70s gave a imitate look into their lives, lives the public never had a glimpse of before.
He shot hundreds of album covers and worked for many publications, but was ultimately known for his black and white candid shots. His most famous shots include Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar aflame at the International Pop Festival in 1967, Johnny Cash right before talking the stage at San Quentin Prison, and scores of other images you are sure to recognize.
Grace Slick with Janis Joplin, 1967
Jimi Hendrix photographed in June 1967 during the Monterey Pop Festival in Monterey, California.
Jim Morrison of the Doors at a Northern California Music Festival
Johnny Cash photographed at Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California in 1968.
Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones in Los Angeles
The Who photographed in 1968 in San Franciso, California.
"I don't manipulate. I don't contrive to make things seem other than how they are."
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