Ethan Russell: Best Seat in the House Friday, May 20, 2016; 7:30 pm In 1968 Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and aspiring to become a writer. His hobby was photography. A few years later he was one of the foremost rock photographers in the world. This is a rare opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and be part of music history; filled with over 375 photographs, music and personal stories, you'll leave feeling like you were there too. In recounting the moments behind the photographs, and in showing the audience the world that extended beyond the picture's frame, Ethan Russell ensures that you, too, get to relive this incredible era in the history of music from the best seat in the house. * * * © 2016 ETHAN RUSSELL PHOTOGRAPHS "It struck me that his was no ordinary eye, and I found out no ordinary mind behind it. A quiet thoughtful man with a blinding vision. Enjoy his work. I do." —KEITH RICHARDS "Ethan Russell was a sheer joy to work with...his contributions were poetic and dramatic...Most important of all, his photographs were what I would call fine...they felt like the classics of Paul Strand, ready to put up in the National Gallery. As an artist himself, Ethan is the civilized eye on an uncivilized art-form: rock ‘n’ roll."— PETE TOWNSHEND "We trusted Ethan as an artist, which made him invisible to us, and which allowed his photographs to capture our most intimate moments." —MICK JAGGER ABOUT This is a rare opportunity to go on the road with The Rolling Stones, see Janis Joplin at The Royal Albert Hall, Jim Morrison in London’s Roundhouse, witness the taking of the Who’s Next cover, travel the road with Carlos Santana, watch John Lennon fall in love, witness The Beatles filming Let It Be, the Stones touring Exile on Main Street, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and more. Ethan Russell would go on to photograph The Who’s Quadrophenia, The Beatles last photo session, and many other rock and roll legends including Jerry Lee Lewis, The Moody Blues, Eric Clapton & Cream, Traffic, and Rickie Lee Jones. “You think you’ve seen all there is to see of the Rolling Stones. You haven’t. Ethan Russell’s photographs reveal a completely different side to the band – relaxed, unguarded and light years away from any rock-star posturing. The only way you’d get closer would be to join them on tour.” –The London Sunday Times Ethan directed the last film of John Lennon & Yoko Ono in Central Park. He directed videos with Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Rosanne Cash, Hank Williams, Jr. and more, and in in doing so, created a new kind of short, music- based film which became known as music video. “It was a quite a ride,” says Russell. Ethan has written three books exploring those years, but with the live show he now focuses on his “ride,” and what it really was like to be there. 38 SPRING 2016 PROGRAM GUIDE www.harriscenter.net
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Ethan Russell: Best Seat in the HouseFriday, May 20, 2016; 7:30 pm
In 1968 Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and aspiring to become a writer. His hobby was photography. A few years later he was one of the foremost rock photographers in the world.
This is a rare opportunity to go behind-the-scenes and be part of music history; filled with over 375 photographs, music and personal stories, you'll leave feeling like you were there too. In recounting the moments behind the photographs, and in showing the audience the world that extended beyond the picture's frame, Ethan Russell ensures that you, too, get to relive this incredible era in the history of music from the best seat in the house.
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© 2016 ETHAN RUSSELL PHOTOGRAPHS
"It struck me that his was no ordinary eye, and I found out no ordinary mind behind it. A quiet thoughtful man with a blinding vision. Enjoy his work. I do." —KEITH RICHARDS
"Ethan Russell was a sheer joy to work with...his contributions were poetic and dramatic...Most important of all, his photographs were what I would call fine...they felt like the classics of Paul Strand, ready to put up in the National Gallery. As an artist himself, Ethan is the civilized eye on an uncivilized art-form: rock ‘n’ roll."— PETE TOWNSHEND
"We trusted Ethan as an artist, which made him invisible to us, and which allowed his photographs to capture our most intimate moments." —MICK JAGGER
ABOUT This is a rare opportunity to go on the road with The Rolling Stones, see Janis Joplin at The Royal Albert Hall, Jim Morrison in London’s Roundhouse, witness the taking of the Who’s Next cover, travel the road with Carlos Santana, watch John Lennon fall in love, witness The Beatles filming Let It Be, the Stones touring Exile on Main Street, The Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, and more.
Ethan Russell would go on to photograph The Who’s Quadrophenia, The Beatles last photo session, and many other rock and roll legends including Jerry Lee Lewis, The Moody Blues, Eric Clapton & Cream, Traffic, and Rickie Lee Jones.
“You think you’ve seen all there is to see of the Rolling Stones. You haven’t. Ethan Russell’s photographs reveal a completely different side to the band – relaxed, unguarded and light years away from any rock-star posturing. The only way you’d get closer would be to join them on tour.” –The London Sunday Times
Ethan directed the last film of John Lennon & Yoko Ono in Central Park. He directed videos with Joni Mitchell, Rickie Lee Jones, Emmylou Harris, Paul Simon, Rosanne Cash, Hank Williams, Jr. and more, and in in doing so, created a new kind of short, music-based film which became known as music video.
“It was a quite a ride,” says Russell.
Ethan has written three books exploring those years, but with the live show he now focuses on his “ride,” and what it really was like to be there.
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IN ADDITION
Q&A
After the presentation, Ethan takes questions from the audience for thirty minutes or more.
WIN A FREE PRINT
A signed, archival, limited-edition print is given away to members of the audience at each performance.
MEET ETHAN RUSSELL
Those that wish to remain even longer are able to meet with Ethan, look at (and purchase from) a selection of 30-40 matted, fine art prints available at special prices for the evening.
BIOEthan Russell is a multi-Grammy-nominated photographer and director. He is also the author of three books, Dear Mr. Fantasy (Houghton Mifflin 1985), LET IT BLEED. The Rolling Stones 1969 U.S. Tour (Rhino Entertainment, 2007). and ETHAN RUSSELL: AN AMERICAN STORY (eBook 2011).
In 1968, Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and aspiring to become a writer. A few
years later he was one of the foremost rock photographers in the world. He is the only photographer to have shot album covers of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who.
Russell was at Altamont with the Stones, shot the Let It Be cover for the Beatles and was on the rooftop for their last concert, took the cover image for Who’s Next, and directed the last video with John Lennon the week before he was murdered. His early career coincided with a cultural storm of music, art, politics, civil rights, power, change,
About Ethan’s photography Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones said, “Ethan has taken some of the greatest pictures in rock and roll…maybe the greatest ever.”
Aside from The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, Ethan photographed at various times: Jerry Lee Lewis, Phil Everly, Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, the Moody Blues, Traffic, Eric Clapton, John Hiatt, Rickie Lee Jones, and Rosanne Cash, among others. His work on the Who’s Quadrophenia was nominated for a Grammy.
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