Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone Magazine's First Staff Photographer, 1937-2020.

[Dan]

Apparently he just passed away, it's a good read and mentions the obligatory "L" word:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/...odule=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Obituaries

 

[xayraa33]

Thanks, that was a good read and it had some memorable photos of Wolman's work.

I liked his Greatful Dead photo with Pigpen McKernan holding a rifle, that guy killed himself with cheap wine overindulgence at the young age of 27

 

[Bmoze]

Thanks for that. I always wondered who was behind those images.

 

[raydm6]

Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone Magazine's First Staff Photographer, 1937-2020.

I saw this in an audio forum and wanted to share.

From photo baron dot com:

Baron Wolman 25 June 1937 - 2 November 2020
Nov 03 2020
It is with a sad heart that we announce the passing of Baron Wolman on November 2, 2020. Baron died peacefully at the age of 83, after a battle with ALS.

“Mixing business with pleasure since 1965” – This was the longtime motto of Baron Wolman, who was born in Columbus, Ohio. Baron studied philosophy at Northwestern University in Chicago, learned German at the Defense Language School in Monterey, California, then did a tour with Army military intelligence in West Berlin.

In Berlin, Wolman sold his first photo essay – pictures and text – for publication, a story about life behind the then-new Berlin Wall. From Germany he moved to California to continue his career as a photo- journalist.

Baron was propelled into his photography career in 1967, when he was invited to become Rolling Stone magazine’s first chief photographer. Not only was Wolman in the right place at the right time, he was recognized as a photographer whose work was inseparable from the roller-coaster social phenomena of the era. His pictures were about the times and his artistry and unique vision landed him a wide variety of assignments from advertising and record companies, universities, government agencies, and a multitude of publications from Esquire, to Sunset, to Newsweek, to Playboy, to Vogue, to Smithsonian, to airline magazines – to name but a few.

Baron’s subjects represented the cultural icons of the time: the building of the Berlin Wall, rock & roll, the NFL, the Goodyear Blimp, Roller Derby, American cars, Israel in flux, the changing nature of fashion, and aerial landscapes photographed while piloting his own plane.

Baron’s pictures gave us a rare, comprehensive, and accurate reflection of that time executed by a gifted artist whose visual intelligence is unsurpassed.

Donations in his name can be made to ALS Association – Donate | The ALS Association

From rolling stone dot com:
Baron Wolman, Rolling Stone Photographer Who Captured Rock Gods, Dead at 83.

Baron Wolman, the first photographer of 'Rolling Stone,' whose images of rock gods cemented their legacies, has died at age 83. Seen here onstage at Woodstock in 1969.

Image: Baron Wolman.

 

[raydm6]

His website: http://fotobaron.com/

Before I saw this thread, I started one here also.