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23 March 2011
By m3jimphoto
March 23, 2011

A Pocketful of Love: June Carter + Johnny Cash

  • Johnny Cash
  • Johnny Cash with June

Jim died one year ago today in New York City on the eve of a major Soho exhibition to herald “Match Print,” his collaborative book with photographer Timothy White. From your comments here on the blog and on our Facebook page, I can see that I’m not the only one who misses this profanely talented happy-sad, crazy-ass magnet of a man.  Writing this blog both helps and hinders. And that’s a good, appreciated thing.

16 March 2011
By m3jimphoto
March 16, 2011

Arms Wide Open

  • Nina Simone
  • Mahalia Jackson
  • Anita O'Day
  • Miriam Makeba

I’m not the first to notice that Jim had a thing for photos that showed his subjects (usually singers and often women) with their arms flung wide open.  Both in his shot selection in the moment and later, when he was poring over proof sheets looking for unsung “hero shots,” Jim’s eye and his heart were tuned to recognize these moments.

9 March 2011
By m3jimphoto
March 9, 2011

Janis + Grace + Jim

  • Janis Joplin
  • Janis Joplin & Grace Slick
  • Janis Joplin & Grace Slick
  • Jim Marshall & Janis Joplin

Jim seemed on good terms with Grace Slick – he respected her, recognized her talent and beauty, seemed to think she was a class act, or at least that’s how he represented it to me – but his real connection was with Janis Joplin. Maybe it was just the alchemy that occurs when one mercurial soul magnetizes another, or his admiration for the sheer raw power of what Janis did on stage, but I think it was the trust she showed him.

2 March 2011
By m3jimphoto
March 2, 2011

Stand By Your Woman

  • Bob Dylan & Suze Rotolo
  • Bob Dylan

Behind every great man there has to be a great woman or so the cliché goes, and I think at times Jim was a big believer in this idea of selfless support, but more often than not I think he saw through the stereotype to realize the true power and creative spark that catalyzed some amazing women, their men, friendships and the relationships that he was lucky enough to witness. 

24 February 2011
By m3jimphoto
February 24, 2011

Jim, John Coltrane and President Obama

  • John Coltrane
  • John Coltrane
  • Rain or Shine cover
  • Jim Marshall
  • Obama

One of the very first prints that Jim ever gave me was a B&W vertical 8” x 10” of a portrait he took of jazz saxophonist John Coltrane in 1960.  He gave me “Coltrane” in 1984 and to say I was “woefully ignorant” of jazz music would have been a serious understatement.  I think at that time my idea of a great jazz horn player, if I even had one, would have been Chuck Mangione.