He was particularly affected by Allman's death at 24 in a motorcycle accident. He had been found unconscious in his room by security personnel at the W Hotel on Lexington Avenue and was pronounced dead at the scene, the police said.
The San Francisco resident was best known for his iconic images from the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival, where he photographed Jimi Hendrix setting his guitar ablaze, and 1969’s Woodstock, where as an official photographer he captured The Who tearing up the stage at sunrise.Marshall also was the only photographer granted backstage access at what turned out to be the final Beatles concert, at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park in 1966. Jim Marshall, a photographer of iconic images of rock, blues and jazz musicians, died on Wednesday, March 24 in his sleep in New York City. © 2020 Madavor Media, LLC. The cause was not immediately known. "According to his professional website, Marshall had more than 500 album covers to his credit. All rights reserved. By. Marshall had been scheduled to appear at a reception Wednesday night to promote his new book with celebrity photographer Timothy White. He also depicted poverty in rural Appalachia and the civil rights movement in Mississippi during the early 1960s.Marshall spent two years living in New York, but returned to San Francisco in time to witness the birth of the 1960s counterculture and to meet young talents such as Hendrix, Joplin and the Jefferson Airplane during the city’s Summer of Love.His more recent subjects included Ben Harper and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.Marshall’s work has appeared in numerous books, including four featuring only his own photographs. An outsider with attitude, Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall chronicles the infamous photographer’s life behind and outside the camera. Lee Mergner. Remembering rock photographer Jim Marshall [Updated] March 25, 2010 | 10:03 am.
He bought the first of his beloved Leica cameras in 1959, and a year later, during what he would describe as a "life-changing meeting" with saxophonist John Coltrane, he found his professional calling.Before his lens discovered rock ‘n’ roll Marshall continued to find inspiration in jazz musicians, including Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. "As far as music photographers, he is the godfather. He was 74. Good timing and his rapport with musicians also helped him catch Johnny Cash memorably "flipping the bird" at a 1969 performance at San Quentin Prison.Other famous subjects included Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin and the Rolling Stones. Based in San Francisco, Jim Marshall died in 2010, at the age of 74. "Jim’s work is legendary," he said. A child of immigrants and a life battling inner demons, Jim fought his way to become one of the most trusted mavericks behind a lens throughout 60’s history. Legendary rock photographer Jim Marshall, who captured some of the most memorable moments in music - Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin and … He was 74.Marshall’s death in New York City was confirmed Wednesday by Aaron Zych, a manager at the Morrison Hotel Galleries, which hosted one of the photographer’s last exhibits.Marshall had been scheduled to appear at a reception Wednesday night to promote his new book with celebrity photographer Timothy White. Jim Marshall, who died of natural causes in New York City on March 24, 2010, over a 50-year career created hundreds of legendary images that came into the public consciousness through magazine features, more than 500 album covers, and six books, Monterey Pop, Not Fade Away, Proof, Jazz, Trust and Pocket Cash. James Joseph Marshall (February 3, 1936 – March 24, 2010) was an American photographer, often of rock stars.He had extended access to numerous musicians through the 1960s and 1970s, including being backstage at The Beatles' final paid live concert in San Francisco's Candlestick Park, and was chief photographer at Woodstock He apparently died in his sleep sometime overnight while alone in his New York hotel room, Zych said.
He was 74. He was in New York as part of a publicity tour connected to Steve Grossman, a tenor and soprano saxophonist who played fusion and bop with equal brawny authority, died August 13 at Glen Cove Hospital on Long … Terry Coen, a record and music promotion executive who spent nearly 50 years advocating for the music he loved, died July 28 at Suncoast Hospice … Joe Segal, a jazz club owner, promoter, advocate, and National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Jazz Master who spent more than seven decades enriching the … Helen Jones Woods, a former trombonist and one of the last surviving members of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm—the first integrated all-female jazz big band—died … Updated April 26, 2019 –. GRAMMY Award-winning photographer Jim Marshall is renowned for his photography of such iconic musicians as Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, The Doors, Jefferson Airplane and others.
"This ’career’ has never been just a job — it’s been my life," Marshall remarked on his website.Born in Chicago on Feb. 3, 1936, Marshall moved with his parents at age 2 to San Francisco’s Fillmore District, then the heart of the city’s jazz scene. "Match Point," his most recent, a collaboration with Timothy White, was published this month. Photographer Jim Marshall. The morning after the news broke about the death of photographer Jim Marshall, who captured We'll have a full obituary later by pop music writer Randy Lewis, but for now you can read coverage from We'll have a photo gallery soon, and you can see more of Marshall's work at the SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Music photographer Jim Marshall, who spent more than a half-century capturing rock ‘n’ roll legends including the Beatles, Bob Dylan and Janis Joplin at work and in repose, has died.