'Who Shot Rock & Roll' exhibit opens at Allentown Art Museum
Schatzberg's opportunity to photograph Dylan came through a friend of a friend. While his career first began as a photography assistant for Vogue Magazine, he says his access came more through relationships. He says he was very friendly with English photographers, through whom he met Mick Jagger and developed a rapport with the Rolling Stones. The buzz about Dylan came through these circles.
Heeding a Call to Cross the River
A STIFF wind was blowing through Chelsea, driving the cold rain sideways. It was last Thursday, early evening, just after quitting time. Seven in the evening is hardly a decent hour for a must-attend party, let alone one held outdoors in a space sheltered, though barely, by the elevated train tracks of the High Line. Still, New York being New York, there were already people lining up by a half-shuttered riot gate, umbrellas blown inside-out, waiting to get in.
Al Pacino and Kitty Winn Rexamined in The Panic in Needle Park
The Panic in Needle Park is an American art film that would have found its natural home in a 42nd Street grind house—although the new print of this 1971 Jerry Schatzberg dope opera at Film Forum this week looks a lot better now than it did then.
The magical world of Bob Dylan
Jerry Schatzberg felt intimidated when he first met Bob Dylan to photograph him in 1965, but as these pictures testify, he soon broke the ice, as he tells Charlotte Cripps
Photos capture era of French fashion dominance
American photographer Jerry Schatzberg, granted behind-the-scenes access, recalls a time that proved pivotal in haute couture