April 2006 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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Grace Slick - Jefferson Airplane were playing Central Park, after the show the record company threw a party at the Essex House Hotel. The party was atop the hotel in an outdoor restaurant which overlooked where the show was just held. A few of us went over to the party to shoot some pictures of the first arriving people. Grace walked in and was doing some posing for a few of the AP photographers, when I noticed that there was something wrong or in her eye. As she got closer I noticed that she had a star in her eye. A contact lens in the shape of a star. I said to her "nice eye job." At that point, she mugged the camera and in that instant, I snapped this photo. I asked her why not both eyes? She said that she did have to see!
The photo was shot with a wide angle lens which gives it a distortion that was perfect for the overall effect.
