Jim Marshall, a master lensman with an all-access pass to the musicians, music, and seminal events that defined the Sixties’ counterculture and social movements.
SHOW ME THE PICTURE: THE STORY OF JIM MARSHALL recounts the photographer’s colorful life behind and in front of the camera. Marshall had an innate curiosity about the people and the social issues dominating the latter half of the 20th century. He had incredible timing, capturing decisive moments of some of the most iconic figures in music history: among them, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, and Miles Davis.
Throughout his groundbreaking career, Marshall crossed boundaries to record an extraordinary period of history; images of protest, civil unrest, and poverty, along with his stunning photography of the American jazz scene, San Francisco’s Summer of Love, and the early New York folk scene, are powerful. His famously abrasive but honest approach, combined with an incredible skill to build trust, allowed Marshall exceptional access to his subject.
Amelia Davis, owner of Jim Marshall Photography LLC, was the longtime personal assistant to legendary photographer Jim Marshall. Upon his death in 2010, Marshall left his entire estate to Davis to carry on his legacy. Since his passing, Davis has edited eight Jim Marshall monographs and curated yearly photographic exhibitions of Marshall’s work and was the catalyst for the legendary photographer receiving a posthumous Trustees Award-2014 from The Recording Academy (Grammy) for his chronicling music of the Twentieth Century.
Davis was the driving force behind the award-winning documentary Show Me The Picture: The Story Of Jim Marshall and its companion book. Her thoughtful and honest approach to Jim Marshall’s incredible life has solidified Marshall’s status as one of the most important photojournalists of his generation.
Davis, a San Francisco based award-winning photographer, has three books of her own: The First Look (about breast cancer survivors), My Story: A Photographic Essay on Life with Multiple Sclerosis (about living with MS, and Faces of Osteoporosis (about Osteoporosis)
“The illuminating discussion that springs from close friends, lovers and collaborators and even Marshall himself in some archive material, makes the trip worth it.”
-The Guardian
“Fascinating character study also offers insights into how the best candid portraits of musicians happen.”
-The Hollywood Reporter
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