We plan to be the first ones in when the doors open for Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present, the traveling exhibition that touches down at the Brooklyn Museum on October 30.Who Shot Rock & Roll is the first major museum exhibition on rock and roll to put photographers in the forefront, acknowledging their creative and collaborative role in the history of rock music.
Featuring roughly 175 images, the extensive exhibit shines a light not only on some of the world’s most famous rock legends, but also celebrates the photographers who created some of the world’s most iconic images (for example, the shot of Jimi Hendrix with his flaming guitar at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967).
On view will be behind-the-scenes shots of Ike Turner, Little Richard, Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Ramones, Tina Turner, and Amy Winehouse to name a few -- all seen through the lenses of high-profile photographers such as Mick Rock, Richard Avedon, David Gahr, Pennie Smith, Jean-Paul Goude, Henry Diltz, and Max Vadukul.
The exhibit runs through January 21, 2010 – but if you can’t make it to Brooklyn, you can pick up a copy of “Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History” the companion book to take you on a magic carpet ride through the last 55 years of rock and roll imagery.
