Donovan and his wife Linda after being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Copyright ©Carlotta Hester. All Rights Reserved. The Renaissance Hotel in Cleveland was abuzz with Donovan as it’s guest for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with other hotel guests Paul Shaffer and the CBS […]
Cleveland’s Plain Dealer newspaper story on Donovan at the RRHF
Last Tuesday night I saw the new documentary feature film Marley, about the life journey of Bob Marley… it was brilliant. Jah Rastafari! I asked guitarist extraordinaire, Junior Marvin, Marley’s lead guitarist from 1977 until his death in 1981, to join me along with photojournalist extraordinaire David Burnett, whose photographs of Bob Marley are featured […]
Sappho’s Song Copyright ©Donovan. All Rights Reserved. Donovan is known throughout the world for his artistry as a singer, song writer, musician, and performer. Donovan is also an accomplished visual artist. His Sapphographs have been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. Inspired by the lyric poetry of Sappho (7th Century B.C.E.), Donovan captures in visual […]
Last Saturday National Public Radio broadcast a terrific interview and story with photographer Mick Rock who recently had an exhibition at the W Hotel in Washington. That exhibition is currently touring other W Hotels around the country. Mick is a great story teller and has a rich ‘on-air’ voice. If you haven’t heard the broadcast […]
This weekend Donovan will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. What a great celebration it will be. Donovan is also featured in the traveling museum exhibition Sound and Vision: Monumental Rock & Roll Photography in Barry Feinstein’s extraordinary portrait taken of him in New York City in 1964. Donovan is close […]
The baseball season begins today, so spring must really be here. This photo of President Eisenhower, throwing out the game ball for a New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers World Series game in New York City, was taken by the legendary Cuban photographer Osvaldo Salas. What a great photo it is! Elvis at 21: Photographs […]
What a confluence of wonderful events around the time of St. Patrick’s celebrations over the past several days. As Irish Ambassador Michael Collins told the Washington Post “St. Patrick’s day is no longer a day – it’s a week, it’s a festival.” To begin with, Govinda Gallery is delighted to announce that Carlotta Hester has […]
Alfred Wertheimer’s exhibition Elvis at 21 at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia.
Mick Rock at the W Hotel in Washington, March 2012.