John Lennon, photographed at the final Beatles concert in San Francisco

The Wall Street Journal: Jim Marshall, Rock Photographer, Dies at 74.

The news that rock photographer Jim Marshall died yesterday at age 74 was a bit of a shock, since we interviewed him only weeks ago for his new photo book, “Match Prints,” and planned to hear Marshall speak tonight at an event in New York with fellow photographer and collaborator Timothy White.

Bob Dylan, New York City, 1963

Jim Marshall, a photographer known for his iconic images of rock 'n' roll musicians beginning in the early 1960s when he shot Bob Dylan in Greenwich Village and continuing through Woodstock and beyond, has died. He was 74.  

Jimi Hendrix burning his Strat, Monterey Pop Festival, 1967

Jim Marshall, the photographer who captured some of rock & roll's most unforgettable images including photos of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar at Monterey Pop and Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin, died in his sleep last night in New York. He was 74.

Janis Joplin, backstage at Winterland, San Francisco, 1968

Jim Marshall, a photographer who took some of the most famous images of rock and pop musicians, including Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar aflame at the Monterey International Pop Festival and Johnny Cash at San Quentin State Prison, died on Tuesday night in a hotel in New York. He was 74.

Jim Marshall in 1978. Credit Jeffrey Scales/HSP Archive

Jim Marshall, a photographer whose images of Jimi Hendrix, the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash and others in the 1960s and ’70s helped define their subjects as well as rock ’n’ roll photography itself, was found dead on Wednesday morning in a Manhattan hotel. He was 74.

 Timothy White (left) and Jim Marshall, on the day they met; photo credit: Gus Philippas

The Wall Street Journal: Rock Photogs Jim Marshall and Timothy White Team Up for Book.

There’s a famous saying about rock and roll that suggests there are only three chords; it’s just a matter of what order they’re put in. The same may be true for rock photography, as evidenced by “Match Prints” (Collins Design), a new book by Jim Marshall and Timothy White.

Janis Joplin, San Jose, 1968

Middle Chamber Books Podcast #23: Jim Marshall, Rock Photographer, 1/11/2010.

In this episode of the Middle Chamber Books Podcast, we speak with legendary rock concert photographer Jim Marshall, whose book, Trust: Photographs of Jim Marshall, was published in October 2009.

 Nissan GT-R, shot by Jim Marshall

AOL Autoblog: Rock photographer Jim Marshall turns his lens towards the Nissan GT-R.

The Nissan GT-R is undoubtedly the rock star of the auto industry at the moment. So it makes since that Nissan hired noted rock and roll photographer Jim Marshall to capture the GT-R's gestation over the past year. The series of images released by Nissan are quite unlike the official images we've seen so far, as well as the shots taken by enthusiast mags. Those are all perfectly staged shots of the GT-R being posed like a super model.

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