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A collector’s rarity: one of just five Photographer’s Proofs of Bob Dylan in 1963, capturing the legendary artist at the dawn of his transformative career—an evocative portrait of a cultural icon in his formative years.
Artist: Globe Photo Archives/Don Hunstein
Title: Bob Dylan in NYC in 1963
Year created: 1963
Medium: Hahnemuhle Premium matte photo paper
Edition: Photographers Proof of 5
Item is unframed
Description of piece:
Collectors photographers Proof of Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo on the streets of NYC in 1963 by photographer Don Hunstein. Bob Dylan only wrote two of the 13 songs on his self-titled 1962 debut album. Just a year later, he jam-packed The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan with 14 originals, several of which now stand as among the most momentous songs ever to come out of the canon of popular music. “Blowin’ in the Wind” It’s hard to judge “Blowin’ in the Wind” fairly, if only because its influence was so monumental. Dylan wrote it around the same time as all the other masterpieces on The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan, but it just so happened to get out into the world first. With everybody from The Beatles to Sam Cooke suddenly forced to react to this game-changer, Dylan went from nobody to phenomenon before anybody knew what happened. What’s interesting is this world-changing song is so gentle and non-committal, simply posing a series of questions to make its everlasting point. Suze Rotolo was an American artist, widely known as Bob Dylan's girlfriend from 1961 to 1964. Dylan later acknowledged her strong influence on his music and art during that period. Rotolo is the woman walking with him on the cover of his 1963 album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, a photograph by the Columbia Records studio photographer Don Hunstein. Globe Photos owns the original negative of this Photographers Proof of which this piece has the Globe seal and the Certificate of Authenticity.
Artist bio:
Don Hunstein’s iconic photographs have become symbols of an era. In the history of music photography, Don’s work during his 30 years at Columbia Records is unsurpassed in its scope and breadth. Through his subtle humor and quiet nature, he was able to record many great moments in music history. He photographed the famous and the not so famous. Hundreds of album covers and behind the scenes work. His photographs documented a rare time when musicians spent time on their art, rather than their publicity.
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