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Tue, 11/02/2021

Jim Marshall Profiled in 'Candid Frame' Podcast

Amelia Davis is the featured guest in Episode 572 of "Candid Frame," a photography-centered podcast series. Here her wonderful broadcast about the acclaimed documentary "Show Me the Picture: the Story of Jim Marshall," which is being shown in select... read more

Sun, 10/10/2021

KPIX-5 Interview about Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall

From KPIX-5, an interview with Berkeley journalism professor Ken Light about the documentary "Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall."

Documentary trailer

Tue, 09/07/2021

Update! Jim Marshall Documentary Show Me the Picture Comes to the US

The amazing life of legendary photographer Jim Marshall comes into sharp focus in the acclaimed documentary Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall. Told through hundreds of images of his iconic photos and interviews with his famous and not-so-famous subjects of his photos and friends and associates, the film is a poignant profile of a brilliant, complex and, at times, volatile... read more

Charlatns, Summer of Love concert, Golden Gate Park, 1967

Wed, 07/07/2021

Taz Nord: German News Review of 'Jim Marshall's 1967,' at...

Taz Nord, a German daily newspaper for the North Germany gives a rave review of the exhibit at Stadtgalerie Kiel featuring Jim Marshall's 1967 iconic photos. Use the Chrome browser to view English... read more

Wed, 10/14/2020

#LeicaConversations via Zoom

Stories behind Jim Marshall's enduring iconic images are retold by Amelia Davis, Jim's longtime assistant and owner of Jim Marshall Photography LLC in a special #LeicaConversations, hosted by SmugMug+Flickr's Alastair Jolly.

Fri, 10/09/2020

Own a Piece of History: #LeicaConversations Program & Flash sale

#LeicaConversations Program
Title: You Never Know Where the Music Will Take You
Program Date: Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Program Time: 4 PM ET / 1 PM PT
Eventbrite Registration: https://bit.ly/LeicaConversations_Marshall

Wed, 09/23/2020

Show Me The Picture nominated for a Grierson Award

Show Me The Picture: the Story of Jim Marshall , the recent documentary about the life and times of the celebrated bad boy of photography and his famous friends, has been nominated for a Grierson Award in the category Best Arts or Music Documentary. The prestigious Grierson Awards "celebrate documentaries from Britain and abroad that have made a significant contribution to the genre... read more

Fri, 07/24/2020

Photography Through Time: B&W Magazine Book Review

From B&W Magazine Issue 141, Mark Edward Harris reviews Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture, which, he says, "should take center stage on a coffee table in the here and now."

Even if you think you know Jim Marshall and his work, it's likely you'll recall only some of his iconic music photos and, perhaps, an anecdote or two about his bad-boy behavior. But this latest book... read more

Sun, 05/17/2020

#StayHomewithLeica: Jim Marshall – Show Me the Picture with Amelia Davis

"The word legacy comes to mind when we think of the life and work of Jim Marshall. Unparalleled access to icons such as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Otis Redding and Johnny Cash bestow a distinction no other photographer can claim: a non-performance Grammy! In this discussion his former assistant and current owner of the Jim Marshall estate, Amelia Davis, shares lively stories of this... read more

Tue, 11/12/2019

"Show Me the Picture" is a Top Gift Pick Says New York Magazine

New York magazine names "Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture" a top gift pick for 2019.

The Buzz

Taz Nord: German News Review of 'Jim Marshall's 1967,' at...

The show runs through August 29.

Zoom Street: Rock Me, a Review of "Show Me th Picture"

From Zoom Street

"You’ve surely seen some of Jim Marshall’s iconic rock photographs, but the sheer breadth of his work is pure “wow!”—and featured in JIM MARSHALL: SHOW ME THE PICTURE: IMAGES AND STORIES FROM A PHOTOGRAPHY LEGEND by Amelia Davis. This gorgeous boxed edition from Chronicle Books covers his early work in NYC’s black neighborhoods in the 1960s, through the blossoming California music scene; the historic festivals at Monterey and Woodstock. Marshall’s images capture the spirit of performance as well as intimate portraits of legends like Janis Joplin, Dylan, Hendrix, and Santana. A book to savor."

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BuzzFeed: 23 of the Most Influential Pictures From Music History

From BuzzFeed
By Gabriell H. Sanchez

"Few photographers have had a life and career as historic as Jim Marshall. His pictures not only capture some of the most influential artists of the 20th century but also established a new level of intimacy in the relationship between entertainers and the photojournalists documenting them.

Some of the most iconic pictures ever made of artists like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan, to name a few, were captured through Marshall's camera lens. His ability to level these larger-than-life musicians as normal human beings, coupled with his uncanny knack to find himself at the right place at the right time, established him as one of the era's most sought-after music photographers. Whether it was the legendary Miles Davis or simply the neighborhood children playing stickball in the street, Marshall was able to capture the moment with striking humanity."

Read the full article at buzzfeed.com.

Feature Shoot: A Multi-facted Portrait of the Genius of Photographer JIm...

Man outside a liquor store in Oakland, California, 1962

Feature Shoot
By Miss Rosen

When most people think of photographer Jim Marshall (1936-2010), scenes from rock and roll history come crashing to mind: Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar on fire during the Monterey Pop Festival; Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin State Prison; Janis Joplin lounging like a vixen in a sparkly mini-dress with a bottle of Southern Comfort in hand; the Charlatans playing the Summer of Love concert in Golden Gate Park.

But Marshall’s roots go deeper than rock: they thread through the history of jazz, in the nightclubs and festivals where he honed his skills as self-taught photographer coming of age in Jim Crow America. A perennial outsider, Marshall championed the underdog, the spaces where the oppressed and exploited transformed their pain and sorrow into beauty and art.

Read the full article at featureshoot.com.

PopMatters Reviews Jim Marshall: Photographs and Legends

From PopMatters
By Christopher John Stephens

Street photographers are a furtive bunch, anonymous to the subjects they capture in their swirls of grief, protest, celebration, or contemplation. Their anonymity amongst crowds does not necessarily mean, however, that they are unseen. Most of the great street photographers, like Henri Cartier-Bresson, Vivian Maier, and Walker Evans, caught magical moments because they connected with their subjects. In the days before camera phones -- let alone a culture that could survive without "selfie sticks" -- the possibility of being captured in the middle of something (jubilation or devastation or everything in between) was intriguing. Beyond that, of course, was the ability of the greatest photographers to find a relationship with their subjects. This was often achieved through a simple gesture, a re-assuring voice, and an understanding of how to blend-in, when necessary.

In Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture, by Amelia Davis (with additional essay contributions by Karen Grigsby Bates, Michelle Margretts, Joel Selvin, and Meg Shiffler), we get a full portrait of a master documentary photographer; a man who captured some stunning images at the early stages of the Civil Rights Movement and took that same sense of perspective from the Jazz festival and nightclub scenes of the early 1960s through that decade and into the next. Marshall might be best known for the cover shot of Peter Frampton, from behind, at the Day of the Green festival in August 1975; or the panoramic shot from high up in the rafters of the crowd at Woodstock six years earlier. But it's the anonymous intimacy of his work that really resonates. Take Shiffler's early reflections about Marshall's ability to connect with his subjects:

"In some of Marshall's most successful images…individuals catch him in the act of pointing his lens their way…The eyes of Marshall's knowing subject draw viewers into the very center of the frame, and everything else becomes secondary."

This becomes immediately clear to the reader. Marshall's subjects were as eager to be photographed as he was to tell their story via photography. For example, man and woman are outside a ravioli factory. She doesn't seem to know she's being photographed, but the man does. He looks knowingly inside Marshall's lens. The woman stares into the mirrored column, her back to the camera as she applies cream to her hands -- and she suddenly notices Marshall.

Read the full article at popmatters.com .

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