Every Picture Tells A Story – 176 pages Hardcover Book
Baron Wolman – The Rolling Stone Years
If you can remember the sixties, you probably weren’ t there
This is the book that anyone with an interest in the music and culture of the 1960 s will want on their bookshelf
This is a grown ups picture book with text that tells the stories behind the photos.
Fueled by the music and the times, Rolling Stone magazine was founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner. Among his friends interested in working on the project was the then 30 year old freelance photojournalist, Baron Wolman. During his three year tenure with Rolling Stone, Wolman’s lens captured the royalty of the 60’s and 70’s pop and rock explosion. This collection of pictures and the stories behind them cover some of the most significant artists and events in the history of rock n’ roll.
The Rolling Stone Years makes it easy to see why Wolman’s photographs became Rolling Stone’s graphic centerpiece during the three years they were published regularly in the magazine. Over 40 years later, those same photographs, picture memories of the ‘60s, are now widely exhibited and collected. And Baron’s long-time mantra, “Mixing Business With Pleasure Since 1965,” continues to be his guiding light. “You can’t plan for a career like mine,” he says. “Yes, I chose to be a professional photographer but my tour of duty with Rolling Stone was a fortunate accident, a gift from the photo gods.”
The collection of pictures and the stories behind them in “The Rolling Stone Years” cover some of the most significant artists and events of the period.
For years Baron Wolman had been asked to talk about the photos, how they came to be, what happened on assignment at the various shoots and what made them so special. This book answers those questions and more.
Baron Wolman and his camera were fortunate to be around at a time when a revolutionary wave of change washed over the Pop Art and Music Culture of the day. The ripples of this wave are still being felt today making the illuminating content of this book as relevant to Generation Y as it is to the Baby Boomers who lived through it.
Very Humbly, Baron Wolman acknowledges that this book is “my thank you for the privilege”.
