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Artist: Gered Mankowitz
Title: "Out of Our Heads" Album cover by the Rolling Stones
Year created: 1965
Medium: Premium Archival Matte Art Paper
Signed by the artist
Edition: Limited Edition 35 of 100
Height (inches): 12
Width (inches): 10
This piece is unframed.
Includes a certificate of authenticity.
Description of piece:
Renown British photographer Gered Mankowitz shot this vintage early years photo of the Rolling Stones in London for their fourth "Out of Our Heads" Album cover.
Artist bio:
Gered Mankowitz (Born 3 August 1946) is an English photographer who focused his career in the music industry. He has worked with a large number of well-known artists, from The Rolling Stones to Jimi Hendrix, and many of his photographs became the covers of these artists’ most successful albums. He has worked in all divisions of the photography industry including fashion, music, advertising, news, and private photography. He has worked from his own gallery in North London for the past 22 years. When asked if he thought that his work influenced the image of the Rolling Stones, Mankowitz replied: "I think I contributed a lot when I did the cover of the album Between the Buttons. My contribution in the earlier sessions was based more on an honesty, a desire to communicate something about the Stones as people and not try and mask their personalities with any sort of technical or theatrical embellishments. I think that that’s why (their manager) Andrew (Loog Oldham) liked the pictures and why the band were happy to work with me for such a long period of time, because I photographed them as they were. And then when it came to Between the Buttons, I felt confident enough as a photographer and in my relationship with them to actually make a contribution." Mankowitz’s photographs of Jimi Hendrix didn’t gain popularity until several years after they were taken. They were taken in black and white, which was Gered’s typical style, but Jimi’s manager insisted on color photographs for album covers. Therefore, the pictures were not revealed to the public until 1992, when Mankowitz had his first solo exhibition in London. The collection of Jimi Hendrix photos struck people, and the pictures quickly gained popularity. They have been especially influential, and appear on books, record covers, and magazines.
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