US photographer Barry Feinstein, best known for taking enduring pictures of musicians such as Bob Dylan and George Harrison, has died aged 80. He was responsible for capturing more than 500 record sleeves, including Harrison's All Things Must Pass album. The Rolling Stones sleeve for Beggars Banquet, shot in a graffiti-covered toilet, was also Feinstein's work. Friend and agent Dave Brolan paid tribute, calling him a "lovely man and a real talent". Feinstein's work recently featured in Martin Scorsese's documentary about Harrison, Living in the Material World. Feinstein's picture of Dylan at a damp ferry port on the banks of the River Severn was also used in No Direction Home, Scorsese's 2005 film about the musician. The photographer, who was reluctant to talk about the stars he shot, was also the on-set photographer for Steve McQueen's film Bullitt. Originally from the US, he shot most of his work in the UK. He died of natural causes on Thursday in Woodstock, New York state. Source:- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15391031
It's maybe a 'certain age' thing here, but Barry Feinstein is a name from the past that I knew well. Little bit like Andy Warhol really. I remember thinking I could also take photographic images just as good as he could. Couldn't be that difficult could it? You bet it was. Hmm, also often thought I could do the same artistic re-creation as Andy Warhol too. I really wanted to go to Art College as I approached 6th form. My dad worked on me incessantly about there being no money in 'Art' and that a 'trade' will always be in demand. Eventually I agreed to get into engineering. Had a charmed life in engineering and certainly have no regrets. Sometimes think back and wonder though. Guess that's normal. Back in the 60's my dad always said no-one would remember The Beatles or Rolling Stones in 20 years time. Barry Feinstein was one of those really well known and appreciated talents, his work often associated with the music scene and the kind of music we all enjoyed.
Must admit I had not heard of him, but then I don't pay much attention to celebs and so on. Saying that I am well aware of all those album covers but somehow never heard this chaps name.
I agree he wasn't that well known generally. Probably had a lot to do with my personal interests and peer groups activities during the 60's and 70's
Our paths are similar: My father encouraged me to get a trade (Electronics Tech) and this hepled me to work overseas for years. I wish I had gone to college somewhere along the line to study photography. I still think I would like to do this but thinking about my age and the responsibilities of a family are stopping me. I would love to earn a living photographing people and scenery
Maybe it's a more common 'path' than we think. Like you, I consider myself so lucky to have been paid to travel all around the world enjoying my hobby. I did it for over 33 years and never tired of it. I do wonder how different my life might have been without the thinking of my dad and my school. No regrets though. Although, I do admit to feeling lonely sometimes and feeling unable to forge any romantic links. Well until I met my wife.
Off topic Peter but I sometimes wish I had listened more to my friends who wanted to travel, I never even travelled abroad till I was 40 and even that was just on business. One can spend a lonely life in the UK whether you travel or not, I made a concious decision in the mid 80's to remain single for my daughter because her mother did not want to marry me at the time and I spent the next 20 years alone, I had kind of given up by the time I met Ana. I do rather envy anyone who has travelled far and wide as I sometimes feel I missed so much, bringing up a family in two homes is horribly expensive at any time and for that 20 years we never managed such a thing as a proper modern family holiday abroad. Luckily I always got on well with my daughters mother (at least most of the time) Life is a strange old thing sometimes.
