Vicki and Marlene, “We’re With The Band,” San Francisco, 1969
Baron had a really great interview with ABC Australia breakfast host Fran Kelly yesterday.
For my own reasons, I chose to illustrate this post with two gorgeous naked women. Here’s their story from the book.
“Periodically bands would come to my home studio to be photographed. One particular band arrived with some beautiful young women (what else) in tow. I shot the photos of the musicians and when we were done the guys told the girls to get naked so I could photograph them all together. Two of the women also posed together for me alone; one of those shots turned out great, more than great, so the next day I took a print into Rolling Stone.
Everybody in the office also loved the shot and it was published in the next issue on the same page as the publishing information. That particular spot was always reserved for a unique horizontal photo, sometimes even without a caption – just an excellent picture speaking for itself. I loved that Jann had the audacity to run even nude photos for no reason other than they were first-rate pictures.”