En 1967, Jann Wenner y un pequeño grupo de creyentes del rock & roll se juntaron en un loft en San Francisco con grandes ideas y poco dinero para crear 'Rolling Stone'.
Nirvana (1992) Mark Seliger for Rolling Stone
Para celebrar medio siglo de historia, la revista publicará un libro con las mejores fotografías que acompañaron las entrevistas a nombres como David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Nirvana y Beastie Boys, entre otros nombres.
Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, Baron Wolman, Charles Gatewood y David LaChapelle son parte de los fotógrafos que han trabajado para Rolling Stone a lo largo de 50 años. La propia revista seleccionó algunas de los retratos que son parte del libro y aquí os mostramos algunas.
Joni Mitchell at her Laurel Canyon home, 1968 | Image credit: Joni Mitchell, Baron Wolman / © Iconic Images, 1968
Michael Jackson at Motown’s Los Angeles offices, April 1971 | Image credit: Michael Jackson, © Henry Diltz, 1971
Mick Jagger in London, 1987 | Image credit: Mick Jagger, Herb Ritts / Trunk Archive, 1987
David Bowie in Los Angeles, February 1987 | Image credit: David Bowie, Herb Ritts / Trunk Archive, 1987
B.B. King, Norwich, Connecticut, 1989. Albert Watson
Dr. Dre, “Day of the Dre,” RS 666, September 30, 1993. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg in Los Angeles, August 1993 | Image credit: Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Mark Seliger, 1993
Beastie Boys, New York, May 1998 | Image credit: Beastie Boys, Mark Seliger, 1998
Britney Spears, “Inside the Heart and Mind (and Bedroom) of America’s New Teen Queen,” RS 810, April 15, 1999. Spears in Kentwood, Louisiana, March 1999 | Image credit: Britney Spears, © David LaChapelle Studio Inc., 1999
On the steps of their group home in San Francisco, October 1967. Baron Wolman/© Iconic Images
The Who frontman onstage at San Fransisco's Cow Palace, 1967. Baron Wolman / © Iconic Images
Rod Stewart, 1973© Charles Gatewood
Jann Wenner in the 'Rolling Stone' office. Baron Wolman/Iconic Images
Madonna in a Tokyo hotel room, February 1987. Herb Ritts
Ringo Starr in New York, 1992. Mark Seliger
Swift in Amagansett, NY July 2014 Theo Wenner
Adele, London, October 6th, 2015. Theo Wenner
Willie Nelson, New York, April 1996. Mark Seliger
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