Rock 'N Roll Photo of the Month
Each month legendary Rock and Roll Photographer Richard E. Aaron will showcase one of his classic photos
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| Rock 'N Roll Photo of the Month Each month legendary Rock and Roll Photographer Richard E. Aaron will showcase one of his classic photos Article rating: 9.71 |
UPDATE: On April 27, 2008 Richard E. Aaron has the honor to give the commencement speech at Brooks Institute Of Photography. He will also be awarded an honorary Masters of Photography Degree.
Also, the Winter 2008 Edition of Nikon World has featured Richard E. Aaron's work in the music industry with images and a story.
Be sure to bookmark this page and check back each month as legendary Rock and Roll photographer Richard E. Aaron will be showcasing an image from his vast archive of over 1.5 million images. Find out more about Aaron by scrolling past his images listed below:
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June 2009 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Bob Marley This month, Richard E. Aaron features and image of the famed Rastafarian performing in New York City. |
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May 2009 Photo of the Month - Joe Walsh This month, Richard expounds on what the move from film to digital has meant to him as a low-light shooter. |
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April 2009 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Eddie Van Halen Another great perk of being a rock photographer is the occasional private tour of Eddie Van Halen's guitar collection... |
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March 2009 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Jerry Garcia This month, Richard E. Aaron offers insight into his best-selling image of all time |
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February Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Linda Rondstadt
Richard recalls taking his Favorite Picture and tells us a little story on how he took it. |
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January Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Tommy Shaw and Santa Richard kicks off 2009 with an image from holidays past - one that Tommy Shaw of Styx may still regret... |
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December Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Iggy Pop Throughout his career, Iggy Pop has been known to show off with his adrenaline-fueled pure rock and rocll style. When Richard E. Aaron photographed him at the Beacon Theater for People Magazine, things weren't any different. |
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November Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Patti Smith Richard has often had the opportunity to shoot one of his favorite acts of all time - Patti Smith |
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October 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Carole King An earnest portrait of Carole King caught at the Beacon Theater in April 1972. |
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September 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - James Brown In another moment that showcases Richard E. Aaron's ability to get unique portraits, he do so with none other than the Godfather of Soul, James Brown |
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August 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Carlos Santana and John Lee Hooker Who else but our own Richard E. Aaron would get the chance to have a private concert by these two music legends? |
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July 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Brian Ray When making the jump from film to digital, Richard E. Aaron put his own spin on a tried and true rock n' roll photo op in Los Angeles - The Hollywood Sign. |
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June 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Mick Jagger and Keith Richards While in Canada, Richard E. Aaron was presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to shoot the Rolling Stones in concert. The results were seen worldwide. |
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May 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Chuck Berry In a hectic environment, Richard E. Aaron was able to get this great shot of Chuck Berry without any of the accompanying pandemonium. |
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April 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Grace Slick At a party in New York City, Richard E. Aaron got Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane to ham it up a little for the camera and got this unique portrait. |
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March 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - George Harrison & Kermit While on the set of Saturday Night Live, Aaron snapped this great shot of George Harrison and a certain green friend of his. |
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February 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Cyndi Lauper Never be afraid to break the rules. As with this shot of Cyndi Lauper, Aaron went against his own conventions and ended up with a keeper. |
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January 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Dave Brubeck Sometimes getting the shot is all about who you know. As the January 2008 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month will show you, never underestimate the power of networking. |
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December 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month - Foghat The December 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month flips the camera on the crowd for some great reactions |
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November 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month The November 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month pays homage to one of the greatest showmen in the history of rock - Freddie Mercury. |
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October 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month For October 2007's Rock and Roll Photo of the Month (a shot of Aerosmith's Steven Tyler), Richard E. Aaron recalls a far too often occurance - bad location and no time! |
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September 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month The September 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month is a shot of Billy Joel that would be virtually impossible to take today. |
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August 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month The August 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month is from a Bruce Springsteen performance at Madison Square Garden where Photographer Richard E. Aaron had less than 15 seconds to optimize his camera to catch the perfect shot. |
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July 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month: Hired by a record label to cover a Rolling Stones LP release party, Aaron used his knowledge of the club's layout to capture an intimate conversation between Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol, while including the mayhem around them. |
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June 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month: The Rock and Roll photo of the month for June 2007, comes from the 10K Rock and Run, held at UCLA in 1983. Richard E. Aaron describes how he saw the shot coming and got it in one frame, even though he may have weirded out a Fleetwood Mac publicist. |
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May 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month: For May 2007's Rock and Roll Photo of the Month, lengendary Rock and Roll photographer Richard E. Aaron recounts getting that perfect shot during the first few nights of Prince's Purple Rain Tour in 1985. |
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April 2007 Rock and Roll Photo of the Month: For April 2007's Rock and Roll Photo of the Month, legendary Rock and Roll photographer Richard E. Aaron tells of how he approached Natalie Cole in a small NYC club before her first on stage performance. |
From Richard E. Aaron's Bio:
In a career that spans over three decades, Richard E. Aaron has shot still photography for a wide variety of media, ranging from feature films, television and video to corporate public relations, entertainment publicity and album covers.
Perhaps best known for his music photography, he was honored by Modern Photography Magazine as one of the "10 Best Rock Photographers" in the world, he has hundreds of album covers to his credit including "FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE," still the biggest selling double live LP. He shot the first photographic rock 'n' roll cover of Time magazine - Paul McCartney/Wings Over America. All told, his work has appeared in more than 6,000 magazines, newspapers and books worldwide.
His extensive work in music photography (4,000 musical artists photographed) includes, "Fleetwood: The Visitor in Africa" (RCA Records), a tour shot on location in Ghana West Africa. Similar projects for many top rock & roll groups around the world followed. He traveled through the People's Republic of China for several months, where he documented the first Western rock group to record an album and tour.
He still he shoots music, as in music videos, CD jackets and publicity. A native of New York, Mr. Aaron and his photo agency have been located in Los Angeles since 1980. His work can be viewed on his web site: http://www.rockpix.com
