Party with Madonna

Photo of Madonna by New York photographer and illustrator Miguel Villalobos.

Who Shot Rock & Roll

This picture of Mick Jagger was taken in Philadelphia in 1982 by the British photographer Michael Putland, and is part of the exhibition "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present", curated by Gail Buckland, currently at the Brooklyn Museum.

"Michael Putland was the official photographer on some of the Rolling Stones’ U.S. and European tours. He had access granted no other photographer and was able to stay in the 'pit' for entire concerts while the other photographers were asked to leave after the first three songs. Putland laments the lack of discrimination in the press today when it comes to celebrity portraiture. 'There is no premium for quality,' he says. 'I love photography, not the nonsense'."

Bowie at the police station

Following a link from Jonathan Barnbrook's Facebook profile, I found this picture of David Bowie taken in the 70's at a New York Police station. It is, indeed, the coolest photo of this kind! Read the story at The Smoking Gun.

Melina 1961

Cover of the Greek lifestyle magazine Eikones (Images) in 1961. Melina Mercouri is celebrating summer in Hydra, holding a fish.

Michael Jackson

Photo from the seventies by Richard E. Aaron.

Barack Obama: The Freshman

There is an exhibition at the moment (until July 18, 2009) at the M+B Gallery in Los Angeles, that consists of portraits of Barack Obama that Lisa Jack took in 1980 when they were both in college.

She says: "In 1980, while a student at Occidental college, I was experiencing some success as a photographer. My black and white portraits of fellow students had gained some positive recognition. Consequently, when a friend of a friend introduced me to this “hot guy” named Barry, I knew I had to take his picture because, well, he was “hot” and I just couldn’t resist. [...] And now that “Barry” is the President, I offer them up so that others may see a side to him I have yet to observe captured in the current maelstrom of contemporary media."