Artist to Icon: Early Photographs of Elvis, Dylan, and The Beatles

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Artist to Icon: Early Photographs of Elvis, Dylan and The Beatles

A Fretboard Festival Special Feature

January 26 - May 26, 2008

First Floor Gallery. Free.

Imagine traveling on the road with a 21-year-old Elvis Presley, watching the Beatles perform in the Kaiserkeller Club in Hamburg in 1960, or being present when Bob Dylan plugged in his electric guitar. This exhibit includes 48 rarely seen black-and-white photographs by five photographers, and provides a glimpse into the lives of these aspiring artists before they became rock ‘n’ roll legends. Audio kiosks featuring oral histories with each photographer offer visitors colorful stories behind the images on display.

Elvis Presley

The Beatles

Bob Dylan

Alfred Wertheimer – Elvis Presley, 1956

Astrid Kirchherr and Jurgen Vollmer
The Beatles in Hamburg, 1960-62

Daniel Kramer – Bob Dylan, 1964-6

Experience Music Project Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame
Artist to Icon: Early Photographs of Elvis, Dylan and the Beatles was created by Experience Music Project, Seattle, Washington.

 

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