The Stare © Estate of Alfred Wertheimer It’s a great time for Alfred Wertheimer’s photographs of Elvis Presley. A major exhibition of Wertheimer’s photographs Elvis at 21 opens this Friday at the Telfair Museum in Savannah, the first exhibition of Wertheimer’s photographs since his passing away. If you happen to be near Savannah guest curator […]
Mr Musichead Gallery on Sunset Blvd. opened the first U.S. exhibition and book launch of Ted Russell’s ‘early Dylan’ photographs, Bob Dylan NYC 1961-1964. Bob Dylan and his record player, Greenwich Village, 1961. © Ted Russell It was an exciting evening at the opening reception hosted by Mathieu Bitton, who designed Ted Russell’s Dylan book […]
First of all, how hip was it for the Stones at their own expense to present a free concert for the people of Cuba in Havana?! Viva Los Rolling Stones!! It was a great concert and was among the best staging I have ever seen for a Stones show. They looked fantastic and rocked a […]
I got to see the wonderful Mavis Staples perform last night at Hamilton Live in Washington, D.C. What a great show it was with Mavis singing her songs of freedom and joy. In the recently published book of photos from Rizzoli of Bob Dylan by Ted Russell, Bob Dylan NYC 1961-1964, I quote Mavis at […]
The night before The Rolling Stones concert in Havana Mick Jagger took over my favorite music venue in Cuba Casa de la Musica in Miramar for a private party. The first time I walked into Casa de la Musica in 2000 the legendary Grammy Award winning Cuban band Los Van Van was performing! Charlie Watts, […]
I was thrilled to be able to attend the Tampa Bay vs. Cuba game during the President’s historic visit to Cuba. Govinda Gallery presented the exhibition, “Classic Baseball” at Fototeca de Cuba, the national photo gallery of Cuba, in the spring of 2004. That exhibition featured the legendary American photographer Walter Iooss, Jr’s extraordinary images […]
Over the past 15 years Govinda Gallery has organized six exhibitions between Havana and Washington. Curating these exhibitions has been a most fulfilling creative collaboration. I happened to be in Havana during President Obama’s visit as well as during the Rolling Stones’ free concert. I look forward to posting a few blogs from that amazing […]
RCA’s Pop Record Division publicist Ann Fulchino greeting Elvis March 17, 1956 with a William Morris agent looking on. Studio 50, New York City. © Estate of Alfred Wertheimer It was 60 years ago today that Alfred Wertheimer first photographed Elvis Presley. Alfred had been doing some freelance work for RCA’s Pop Record Division and […]
© Carlotta Hester Last night it was a pleasure for me to present to Enda Kenny, Ireland’s Taoiseach (Head of State), and his wife Fionnuala, a copy of the book Bob Dylan NYC 1961-1964 that I co-authored with legendary Life magazine photographer Ted Russell. Russell’s photographs have just been featured in a one-person exhibition at […]
The Young Maiden, Blue © Donovan Govinda Gallery is pleased to announce that Donovan’s exhibition of Sapphographs at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C. has been extended through September 2016. Here are the hours and location. The Center for Hellenic Studies 3100 Whitehaven St NW Washington, DC 20008 Hours: Monday-Friday, 10am-12pm and 2pm-4pm […]