Rick Griffin, from the "Acid Age of San Francisco Rock" portfolio
Maker
Greene, Herb
American, b. 1942
Date1968; printed 2005
MediumGelatin silver print
Dimensionspaper: 22 x 18 inches; image: 16 x 15 3/4 inches
Credit LineGift of Bill and Elana Press
Object number2021:190.24
About the ArtistHerb Greene photographed rock musicians and other members of San Francisco's cultural milieu during the height of its creative productivity. Greene, a friend of many of San Francisco's most influential musicians, worked as few photographers have: not from the outside, but as a participant within the music scene he was photographing. Many of Greene’s photographs have become signature portraits of these musicians, including The Jefferson Airplane, Jeff Beck, The Pointer Sisters, The Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Carlos Santana, Sly Stone, and Rod Stewart.
