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Rare photos capture Hendrix at full volume
Evening Standard 7 Jan 2008Rare photographs of Jimi Hendrix are to be exhibited in London.
The show at a gallery in Soho features pictures of the musician at every stage of his career.
The images were captured by 18 of the world's top photographers. They include Herb Schmitz, who took the only known photo of Hendrix with Eric Clapton at the Speakeasy club in London in 1967, and British jazz photographer David Redfern, who captured the guitarist at the Isle of Wight.
There are also images from David Montgomery and Karl Ferris, who captured Hendrix at the Royal Albert Hall.
The star lived in London for a time and died in the capital in 1970, aged 27.
Life Through A Lens is the first major Hendrix exhibition to take place here since items of his rock memorabilia were shown at the revived Marquee Club in 2004.
• The show will run at the Blink Gallery, 11 Poland Street W1, from 8 February until 8 March.
More information can be found at www.blinkgallery.com
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You wrote : "They include Herb Schmitz, who took the only known photo of Hendrix with Eric Clapton at the Speakeasy club in London in 1967." Several shots exist of Eric and Jimi at Speakeasy. The late French photograph Dominique Petrolacci took 20 photos at Speakeasy beginning of 1967 with 4 showing the 2 guitar gods all printed together for the very first and only time in the beautiful book "Classic Hendrix" (Genesis Publications, 2004).
- Yazid Manou, Paris - France, 08/01/2008 13:53
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