Bob Seidemann
American photographer
Robert Emett Seidemann (December 28, 1941 – November 27, 2017) was an American graphic artist and photographer. He was known for his portraits of musicians and bands from San Francisco's counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s. Many of his images were published by Rolling Stone, by record labels, and in books.
Biography
Seidemann was born on December 28, 1941, in Manhattan, New York. He grew up in Queens. Seidemann graduated from Manhattan High School of Aviation Trades, and apprenticed with photographer Tom Caravaglia in Manhattan before heading west.
1960s
In San Francisco, he found friends among the artists in the North Beach neighborhood and environs and began working as an artist himself. He collaborated with friends David Getz, Rick Griffin, Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelly, Big Brother and the Holding Company, George Hunter, The Charlatans, Janis Joplin and the Grateful Dead to create photographic images at the forefront of the popular and revolutionary culture of the time.
In 1969, Eric Clapton formed a new band and Seidemann was commissioned to create the cover for their album. Seidemann photographed nude 11-year-old Mariora Goschen to create what would become his most famous and controversial work, titled "Blind Faith".
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