Jim Marshall: Proof

Celebrated musical and celebrity photographer Marshall has captured everyone from the Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin to Woody Allen and Allen Ginsberg in his intimate, unpretentious black and white portraits. More than 125 of them are featured here, together with complete contact sheets and the shot that was finally chosen for publication. Included with each subject are notes on the shoot that delve just far enough into interest-piquing personal details. A portrait of Billy Bob Thornton extending his middle finger to the camera, readers learn, is an""homage to the Man in Black Johnny Cash,"" of whom Thornton is an admirer. And a contemplative shot of John Coltrane was taken at the time that""Marshall drove the saxophonist to Berkeley in his Fiat for his first interview with jazz critic Ralph. J. Gleason."" If his subjects aren't icons already--and most of them are--Marshall's artistry with the lens makes them seem so.