{"id":2141,"date":"2020-05-14T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/?p=2141"},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:26:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:26:05","slug":"jimmy-steinfeldts-new-book-rock-n-roll-lens-volume-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perfectmusictoday.com\/index.php\/2020\/05\/14\/jimmy-steinfeldts-new-book-rock-n-roll-lens-volume-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Steinfeldts\u2019 new books, \u201c Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Lens Volume I, II. \u201c"},"content":{"rendered":"
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HOLLYWOOD (Perfect Music Today) 5\/5\/20\/–If you\u2019ve ever wondered \u2026\u201d what it\u2019s like to step out on stage with a superstar? \u201c\u2026\u00a0 Then take a look at Jimmy Steinfeldts\u2019 new book,\u00a0 \u201c Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Lens Volume II. \u201c \u00a0 Available now from Point\u2026Shoot\u2026Press is this intimate collection of 50 Black And White photographs from his 30+ year career in the entertainment industry.\u00a0 Showcasing some great moments, with artists\u2019 as versatile as Iggy Pop to Jerry Lee Lewis, to John Lydon, The Cars, Pine Top Perkins, Sex Pistols, Merle Haggard to Alice Cooper, Frank Sinatra, No Doubt, Devo, The Clash and more!\u00a0 Each photo is accompanied by a story from one of the many friends Jimmy has made along the way who shared some of their personal recollections, including Rodney Bingenheimer, Elliott Mintz, Steve Jones, Blondie Chaplin, Slim Jim Phantom & many more.\u00a0 The book is a fantastic collection of photos and stories.\u00a0 It not only represents some priceless snapshots that span several decades of popular music, ..but contains\u00a0 some heartfelt, candid stories, from fellow musicians and artists that are a nice compliment to Jimmy\u2019s Work.\u00a0 I\u2019ll let the photos and stories do the talking, \u2026but I did sit down and talked to Jimmy himself, in a short interview, which you can find below that goes a little deeper into his work and his latest release,<\/div>\n
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“Thirty years ago I was at a Stevie Nicks concert at the Met Center in a suburb of Minneapolis, MN. I was armed with my first camera a $100 Minolta (remember film?) and after I shot that concert I realized something about myself; I was a music photographer. Today many images, photographs, paintings, drawings, sculpture and other art forms are seen on computer. I would love you to see my photographs and read my stories in something tangible you can hold, something printed on paper, something special called Rock ‘N’ Roll Lens.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Interview With Jimmy Steinfeldt, talking about his career and new book, \u201c<\/i> Rock \u2019N\u2019 Roll Lens Vol II \u201c<\/b><\/div>\n
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FT – What was it that caused you to initially pick up a camera and were musicians your first subject choice?<\/div>\n
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JS – I first picked up the camera because I wanted to record a trip that I was taking across the US, mostly landscapes at the time, the kind of things you\u2019d see on a travel trip. \u00a0 The pictures turned out really good, so I was encouraged, \u2026and then I took my camera to a concert & then eventually Kodak came out with a film years ago that allowed you to take photos in a low light, which was for indoors & of course a lot of concerts are indoors\u2026so I tried that film and had no idea if it was gonna work, and it worked great!, so that really made a big difference and encouraged me to continue.<\/div>\n
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FT – What ultimately became the first commercial photograph you took?\u00a0 What year was it taken in?\u00a0 Who published it and when?<\/div>\n
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JS – The first picture of any notice that was published was my picture of George Thorogood and that was published in SPIN magazine in 1985,\u2026and as a matter of fact I\u2019m looking at the check that SPIN sent me, it\u2019s framed in my office.<\/div>\n
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FT – Of all the artists you\u2019ve photographed, is there one or two that stand out that were the most pleasant experiences as a photographer?\u00a0 A night you\u2019ll never forget.<\/div>\n
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JS – Well, there\u2019d be many,\u2026.\u00a0 some of the people I photographed that the experience stands out, would be Prince, he\u2019s from hometown Minneapolis, and I photographed him many times\u2026..ah, obviously one of the all time great performers though, so it was really terrific to photograph him\u2026and certainly my photograph of Madonna\u2019s first tour.\u00a0 That was exciting and that was my first picture in Rolling Stone and that meant a lot to me.<\/div>\n
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FT – What were some of the challenges you had to overcome in the beginning as a photographer?\u00a0 I\u2019ve read about how you reported record labels and promoters gave you the greatest access to the artist you were interested in shooting. \u00a0 Once you gained that access, was it like the flood gates opened, or were there still a lot of uphill battles getting your work established?<\/div>\n
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JS –\u00a0 Well, I would say overall, it was not difficult. \u00a0 There are always some hurdles to overcome.\u00a0 Everything as simple as, setting up photo sessions, and going through and making sure people are there on time,\u2026. so there\u2019s a lot of challenges\u2026competition, a lot of different photographers,\u2026um, so there are\u00a0 a lot of challenges of being a professional photographer I suppose really in the entertainment business.<\/div>\n
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FT –\u00a0 What was the first concert you ever attended and where?<\/div>\n
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JS – First concert I ever went to was a band called America,\u2026.. and they played at the Minnesota State Fair.<\/div>\n
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JS – Well, it was a long time ago\u2026.\u00a0 it was exciting.\u00a0 I\u2019d never been to a concert before and they were one of my favorite bands.\u00a0 Oz never did give nothing to the tin man.<\/div>\n
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FT –\u00a0 Is there a particular artist or band you\u2019ve never photographed that you\u2019d love to get the opportunity to work with?<\/div>\n
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JS – Yes!\u00a0 Fats Domino.\u00a0 I would jump on a plane tomorrow to go photograph him.<\/div>\n
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FT – Has there been a particular artist or band you\u2019ve had the chance to photograph that you\u2019d most like to shoot again?<\/div>\n
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JS – Ah, well, yeah\u2026I suppose a few artists\u2019 that come to mind. \u00a0 Certainly, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, \u2026 Clapton, ..ah he\u2019s not touring very much anymore, \u2026I think he\u2019s doing one tour though, but he\u2019s been talking about retiring.<\/div>\n
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FT – Has there been an artist or band who were quite possibly the easiest to work with that stands out in memory for you, were everything was just (pun intended- clicking)?<\/div>\n
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JS –\u00a0 Well\u2026 one session, that kind of makes me think about that,\u2026um, \u2026as I mentioned I\u2019m from Minneapolis, and there\u2019s a very fine songwriter from Minneapolis, named Paul Westerberg\u2026from the band The Replacements.\u00a0 He went solo in 1995, and Paul came to my studio in Culver City for a session, and that was great fun, because I admire him so much\u2026.you know, we\u2019re from the same place and basically the same age.\u00a0 I think his publicist or his manager dropped him off, and it was just Paul & me in my studio,.. and, I don\u2019t know,\u00a0 we maybe had an hour.\u00a0 It went real well.\u00a0 This is kind of funny. \u00a0 At the end of the session as we were winding down, ..and I had two cameras\u2026one had color film, and one had black n white.\u00a0 I said, \u201c Paul, we\u2019re almost wrapped here, I just really wanna take one more photo \u201c\u00a0 He said, \u201c Ok \u201c ..and I took that photo and he said, \u201c Ok, we\u2019re done. \u201c\u00a0 \u2026and I said, \u201c\u00a0 Well actually, I meant one photo with each camera. \u201c\u00a0 \u2026and he flipped me off\u2026and, of course, I took that picture!\u00a0 The flipping off was a little bit of humor and sarcasm, but also, it was a little bit of honesty\u2026ah\u2026like, ah, we\u2019re done here Jimmy.\u00a0 He\u2019s just in my opinion, one of the truly great songwriters, and a great guy. \u00a0 Years later, I ran into him at the airport in Minneapolis\u2026and he was sorta doing a Chuck Berry.\u00a0 He was walking through the airport, sorta not being noticed, but carrying his guitar case, ..right?\u00a0 So of course, I recognized him, and I just walked over and I said,\u00a0 \u201c Hi Paul, how are you? what a small world \u201c\u00a0 He said, \u201c Oh yeah Jimmy, I\u2019m fine, I\u2019m going to a gig \u201c\u00a0 \u2026 or wherever he was going, maybe a recording session, I think a gig\u2026and he said, \u201c You still takin\u2019 photos? \u201c\u00a0 \u2026and of course I said, \u201c You still doing music? \u201c\u00a0 So we grinned and went our different ways.<\/div>\n
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FT – Has there been an artist or band or particular show that stands out in your memory, that no matter what you did, you ultimately didn\u2019t quite get the results you\u2019d hoped for?\u00a0 \u2026and maybe, Why?<\/div>\n
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JS – You have to realize that I have photographed probably 3000 concerts ,\u2026and I\u2019ve shot probably a quarter of a million photographs.\u00a0 So..having done those thousands of shows, I know for certain that there were some shows,\u2026not many, but some, where I really didn\u2019t even get, even one picture that I was that happy with.\u00a0 I never shot a concert where I forgot to put film in the camera, (laughs) \u2026I never shot a concert where I didn\u2019t get any pictures, but there have been times where I\u2019ve looked at all the pictures and said, \u201c man\u2026there really isn\u2019t one killer photo here. \u201c \u00a0 And that has happened on occasion,\u2026and that can be attributed to any number of things.\u00a0 Frequently, it\u2019s attributed to really low light\u2026.and that\u2019s the nature of certain bands now.\u00a0 They present themselves in really low light.<\/div>\n
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FT – Of all the eras in live music you\u2019ve been fortunate to document, is there a particular one that you realized was something really special; a unique happening that culturally represented the area and community you were shooting in most or more than another era?<\/div>\n
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JS – Let me think about that\u2026that\u2019s a very interesting thought.\u00a0 One thing comes to mind, years ago, I photographed\u2026, and I even shot some film, \u2026 some black n white 8 mm film of a cool little concert, it was called \u201c Peace on The Beach \u201c\u00a0 The best known artist at that event was Slash,..and there were a number of other people who performed, and it was on Venice Beach.\u00a0 I think it was in reaction to the start of the war,\u2026and it just seemed like the appropriate place, Venice Beach, California and an important time in history,..and I think sort of reaching back to the time of the 60\u2019s, but this took place around 2002.<\/div>\n
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FT –\u00a0 Who would you say are the top three people who aided you in reaching your greatest potential and the place you\u2019ve arrived as an artist yourself?<\/div>\n
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JS – That\u2019s hard to say.\u00a0 First thing I think of is,..ah\u2026. the two people who sort of influenced me overall in my photography,\u2026 first were, Richard Avedon, and then to some extent, ..a great cinematographer, Karl Freund\u2026but there were so many photographers who have influenced me\u2026.Annie Leibovitz, who I got to meet years ago very early in my career.\u00a0 I was a big fan of Herb Ritz\u2019s work\u2026.Henry Diltz.<\/div>\n
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FT – I\u2019m glad you have a story included in your book by Rodney Bingenheimer.\u00a0 I\u2019ve had the pleasure to meet and talk with Rodney in the past myself, and I think, like there are musicians\u2019 musicians, Rodney has done so much as a catalyst helping shine a light on artists and bands in Los Angeles that other\u2019s maybe failed to see the potential in, as early as Rodney did.\u00a0 I\u2019m not quite sure he has gotten the credit\u00a0 and recognition he deserves, but I think many people and artists in the industry completely appreciate the positive influence he has had, giving a voice in showcasing many underdogs that went on to become superstars.\u00a0 Do you have a quick comment\u00a0 maybe anything\u00a0 you\u2019d like to add in your years as a photographer in crossing paths with Rodney Bingenhemier?<\/div>\n
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JS – Yes!\u00a0 I admire Rodney greatly.\u00a0 He helped\u2026you really can\u2019t put into words how much he helped bands become popular,\u2026 including artist as world renown as David Bowie. \u00a0 I think Bowie would\u2019ve made it,..in any event, but he had a huge break in the states here by Rodney being such an early supporter of his music.\u00a0 \u2026And then you have punk rock artists in this town who were helped\u2026.and the GoGo\u2019s and The Bangles and many others that Rodney certainly helped tremendously, local artists who got to be internationally known in good part by Rodney\u2019s early help. \u00a0 I\u2019ve had the pleasure of hanging out with him many times.\u00a0 He\u2019s terrific and a big supporter of Rock N\u2019 Roll Photographers.\u00a0 Just about every Rock N\u2019 Roll photography exhibit that I\u2019ve attended of other photographers, and even my own shows, Rodney has shown up\u2026and he\u2019s a big supporter in that way.\u00a0 He had a nightclub that people still talk about forty years ago or more.\u00a0 And finally, they made that movie about him, The Mayor Of The Sunset Strip,\u2026and I\u2019m even in that movie, in a little clip.\u00a0 I have a small little part.\u00a0 He\u2019s a true legend in the music business.<\/div>\n
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FT – Rock n Roll Lens Vol 1, which was in full color, is a big contrast to Vol 2, which is entirely in back & white. \u00a0 Can you speak a little about the power of black & white photography and how it serves the artists\u2019 you captured? Maybe the advantages or dimensions B&W reveals that color can not display?<\/div>\n
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JS – Black & White has a feeling of being forever.\u00a0 It has that eternal quality.\u00a0 It hearkens back to a lot of great music photography, so I felt\u2026that I didn\u2019t want to copy my first book,\u2026I wanted to be different, even as an artists\u2019 statement, I wanted to do something new\u2026.so one of the obvious things I could do that would be different, on Rock N Roll Lens Vol II was to feature Black & White photography, instead of color.\u00a0 Number two, I loved telling all my stories that happened to me in my career in volume one, but I wanted to change things up,\u2026so that\u2019s where the idea kind of hatched to interview people I\u2019ve met and become friends with in the entertainment business. \u00a0 That was a huge challenge with this book, because you know how difficult it is to get a hold of people, and you know how once you get a hold of them by phone or email, then frequently you hear, \u201c Oh yeah Jimmy I\u2019d love to do a story, but I can\u2019t right now, call me next week \u201c, and this just went on for months and months back and forth.\u00a0 So that was a big challenge, but I persevered,..there\u2019s fifty stories and photos.<\/div>\n
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FT – Is there a venue or venues that no longer exists today you wish was still open to the public or that you were really sorry to see close?<\/div>\n
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JS – There are!\u00a0 The first one that comes to mind, wasn\u2019t even opened when I moved here, but that was Madame Wong\u2019s.\u00a0 I would\u2019ve loved to have experienced that.\u00a0 I remember the Club Lingerie.\u00a0 Coconut Teaser, and the Crooked Bar downstairs\u2026it was very interesting it had character.\u00a0 Now the building there is a fancy restaurant.\u00a0 We can\u2019t forget, we must mention CBGB\u2019s, which I did go to and did some photography at.\u00a0 Clem Burke I think mentions in my new book, Max\u2019s Kansas City in NYC.\u00a0 I never went there, but I wish I had.\u00a0 In my own small hometown there was a small fun venue called The 400 Bar, which is where I photographed Weezer, and that was pretty special, because it was such a small venue and Weezer was pretty new.\u00a0 I hung out with them in the basement and all there was was was a lightbulb hanging down from the ceiling on a chain and I used that as my light source and that\u2019s one of my favorite Weezer pictures and that venue was fun, ..and now it\u2019s gone.<\/div>\n
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FT –\u00a0 Is there an artist or band you never got the chance to photograph, you wish you had been able to, before they maybe passed away or broke up?<\/div>\n
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JS – Yes, years ago I agreed to photograph Jethro Tull. \u00a0 Just after I agreed to it, after that, \u2026it was a concert they were doing.\u00a0 Days later, I found out Roy Orbison was going to play in my hometown. \u00a0 Roy Orbison\u2019s label called me and asked me to photograph it, and I said, \u201c I can\u2019t, I\u2019m photographing Jethro Tull. \u201c\u00a0 I really wanted to photograph Roy Orbison, but I had promised to do the other.\u00a0 I think at that time Roy was in his mid-fifties and I thought, oh well, he\u2019ll come back, and he\u2019ll be on tour again.\u00a0 \u2026And I think within one year later, he had died. \u00a0 I kinda wish I had said to the Jethro Tull people, \u201c Hey, can I make an exception?\u00a0 I really want to photograph this legend from the fifties? \u201c<\/div>\n
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FT – Is there any one thing that stands out, could be something you discovered along the way, or a decision you made, that has aided you in your success and helped to elevate your work?<\/div>\n
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JS – When I found out that this special Kodak film came out, called 1000 speed film, \u2026remember film by the way?,\u2026 when i got back, those pictures back from that first concert I ever shot, \u2026.with this special film, \u2026which was Stevie Nicks by the way,.. they were so good.\u00a0 I was like, \u201c I\u2019m sticking with this film! \u201c and I basically have, with a few exceptions, \u2026shot that film for the rest of my career\u2026 until digital entered.<\/div>\n
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JS – It\u2019s beautiful, I hope you\u2019ll come up and visit again. \u00a0 Give me a call after the 7th of April with Book Soup and we\u2019ll hang out up here.<\/div>\n
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FT – Sounds cool.\u00a0 Great spot you\u2019ve got up there Jimmy! really nice, fantastic!<\/div>\n
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Michael Hepworth By Tony Anderson HOLLYWOOD (Perfect Music Today) 5\/5\/20\/–If you\u2019ve ever wondered \u2026\u201d what it\u2019s like to step out on stage with a superstar? \u201c\u2026\u00a0 Then take a look at Jimmy Steinfeldts\u2019 new book,\u00a0… <\/p>\n

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