The Back Room Blog

Today, May 10th, is the ‘Sunshine Superman’ Donovan’s birthday. Just two days ago, May 8th, and 35 years earlier, was… Read More

Greg Gorman has just had published his latest book, It’s Not About Me: A Retrospective. I have all of Greg’s books… Read More

Mick Rock is not only one of the finest photographers to exhibit at Govinda Gallery, he is also a terrific… Read More

This past Saturday The New York Times published a terrific story on soul-jazz organist Dr. Lonnie Smith’s new album Breathe… Read More

A friend asked me the other day what I had been reading. I told him the best book I have… Read More

Govinda Gallery showed Daniel Kramer’s enigmatic color photograph of Bob Dylan with Sally Grossman lounging behind him, in Kramer’s first… Read More

This story was published by People magazine on February 25th, 2021, on the occasion of George Harrison’s birthday. By Sam… Read More

Today would be photographer extraordinaire Barry Feinstein’s 90th birthday. I have much to celebrate regarding Barry, especially his new book… Read More

Govinda Gallery first exhibited this photo of Hank Aaron in the great sports photographer Walter Iooss’ exhibition Classic Baseball in… Read More

Today is photographer Ted Russell’s birthday. Born in England in 1930, Ted Russell went on to become one of the… Read More