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About this photograph
Art Kane, a huge Bob Dylan fan, cornered an uncooperative Dylan on the rooftop of the CBS records building in Los Angeles to get his shot for McCall's Magazine's 'Teen Idols' photo essay in spring 1966. Dylan was on a break from his infamous first electric tour of Europe, where his folk fans, unhappy about the electric rock direction Dylan's music had taken, were booing him mercilessly. He was in no mood for a bossy photographer to give him directions, and Art Kane didn't shoot reportage. "I'm going to stay until I get what I want" Kane said. Dylan eventually crouched in the corner giving a seething look. "I had my shot" said Kane.
Print sizes and editions
16” x 20” paper size - Edition of 40
30” x 40” paper size - Edition of 7
50” x 75” paper size - Edition of 3
Print type
C-type print
Paper type
Epson Fine Art semi-matte archival paper
Signature
Estate stamped
About the photographer
Art Kane was one of the most influential photographers of the twentieth century. Kane's work encompassed fashion, editorial, celebrity portraiture, travel, and nudes with a relentless and innovative eye. Kane pioneered photographic storytelling by investigating his image with metaphor and poetry, effectively turning photography into illustration. In 1958, Kane assembled the greatest legends in jazz and shot what became one of his most famous images, Harlem 1958.
In the 1960s and 1970s, he photographed, among others, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Janis Joplin, the Doors, Aretha Franklin and Bob Dylan. In his lifetime Kane was honored by almost every photo-design organization in the United States and his contributions to photography continue to resonate to this day.
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