Fine Art Music Photography.

New York, Oct 08, 2013

LOT 99

FRANK ZAPPA, LAUREL CANYON, LOS ANGELES, 1968

LINER NOTES I was worried about going to photograph Frank Zappa. I knew his reputation as a creative eccentric and I was like, "Oh shit how am I going to deal with this?" Because I didn't even know his music; I mean, of course, I was familiar with his music, he was brilliant. But only if you really knew music could you understand that brilliance; for the most part it wasn't listenable, at least to my ears. Besides, there was nothing I could say to Frank Zappa that would in any way make me intellectual equal. I knew I could take great pictures but I knew that I couldn't keep up with his mind. We got up there and I said to writer [Jerry] Hopkins, "You do the interview first then I'll do the pictures," but Zappa wanted to do the pictures right away so he and I went out behind his house and found all these bizarre photographic situations that were both wacky and fantastic. I didn't have to say or direct anything; he just started fooling around because he was having such a great time being Frank; Frank being Frank - performing for me and my camera without direction. -Baron Wolman
SPECIFICS Nikon F camera, 35mm format, Tri-X film
SIZE 16" x 20"
MEDIUM Archival digital print.
VALUE $900 - $1,150
STARTING BID $700