The Who, The Kids are Alright, New York City, 1968
Print Details
About this photograph
Photographer Art Kane had the idea to wrap the band in a British Flag, and two were sewn together for the session. The photoshoot started in his Carnegie Hall studio, before switching locations to Morningside Park, near NYC’s Columbia University. Here he had them pose sleeping, agains the base of the Karl Schurz monument. Kane’s signature surrealism and irreverence is evident in this photo. An underexposure in overcast conditions produced deeply saturated colors, causing the flag to stand out from the dark background.
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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