Jim Marshall Lives!

Welcome to the official blog of Jim Marshall Photography LLC. My name is Michelle Margetts and I’ll be serving as lead writer and editor of this conversation, pulling from my 25-year relationship with Jim and Amelia Davis’ encyclopedic knowledge of him and his body of work and, we hope, your stories, anecdotes and ideas, as well. Jim was without a doubt one of the biggest technophobes I have ever met. He loved beautifully constructed, elegant MACHINES. He always used to love to say (in a very bad Colonel Klink-type accent): “Za Germahns make za best cahz, guns und camerahs in za vorld.” Mercedes, Walther PPK, Leica … you know, that sort of thing. So there was something deeply, primordially disturbing to him about technology and all of its tiny buttons and mice and keyboards and wires (how he HATED the wires!), connecting all these ever smaller boxes with parts too small to see, let alone pull out and fix with a grease gun. Technology flummoxed him, he didn’t TRUST it. The irony of doing a blog and a Facebook page and a Twitter feed about Jim Marshall is not lost on me.

So what’s the point?

Initially, I think it is to offer people who loved and respected him and his work a place to share stories, discover truths, make connections and uncover rare and never-before-seen images from his monstrous and beautiful legacy. Also, of course, it’s an incredibly handy way to keep people up-to-date on all things Jim. Specifically, I will be announcing upcoming exhibitions and gallery events, book projects, print sales, auctions, scholarships and more. Anything and everything that is in the works to protect his legacy and allow his legendary images – and, perhaps more importantly, the huge amount of yet-to-be-discovered work – to reach friends, fans, collectors and new audiences.

Simply put: The point is to keep Jim alive.

To that end, I urge you to bookmark this blog and his official website and, if you’re into “all that facie pages crap and twit shit” as Jim would probably say, please follow us on Facebook and Twitter. I’ll get the ball rolling soon with the story of how Jim and I met. Please know that we welcome your heartfelt stories and anecdotes to be shared here in the comments section and we are very open to guest blogs once we get the feel of this new place. Feel free to get in touch with me via media@jimmarshallphotographyllc.com.