Profile
Ethan Russell
Photographer + Musician + Shot
Male
Born
Nov 26, 1945
Age
67
Ethan Allen Russell is a photographer, author and video director, mostly of musicians. He is known as "the only rock photographer to have shot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Who."
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News + Updates
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Sheriff's Beat Man Arrested For Drug Possession Tahlequah Daily PressGoogle News - Sep 08, 2011
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Is Your Business 'Permanently Closed' On Google Places? Pc MagazineGoogle News - Sep 06, 2011
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How One Photograph Can Turn A Musician Into A Rock Star The GuardianGoogle News - Aug 23, 2011
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School Gets Extension Derbyshire TimesGoogle News - Jul 18, 2011
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Ethan Russell.
CHILDHOOD
1945
Birth
Born in 1945.
TWENTIES
He was first introduced and became interested in photography at Davis, but did not work professionally until 1968 when he traveled to England.
But it’s Russell’s photographs of the band on their 1969 US tour – most unseen until now – that provide the most compelling insight."
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1971
26 Years Old
Working with The Who, Russell did the cover photography for Who's Next in 1971 and the photography for the book that accompanied Quadrophenia in 1973.
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THIRTIES
1978
33 Years Old
In 1978 Russell shifted his focus to film and video, becoming "a pioneer in producing music videos", but leaving a cache of iconoclastic still photographs largely unseen for nearly 30 years.
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FORTIES
1991
46 Years Old
In reviewing Rosanne Cash's video What We Really Want in 1991, the Los Angeles Times wrote: "Photographer-director Russell has concocted a weird, two-dimensional world of paintings for Cash to step into, singing one of her latest songs of woe and miscommunication.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
2005
60 Years Old
In the 1990s Russell garnered his second Grammy nomination for the video There's A Tear In My Beer with Hank Williams, Jr. Publication of his book Let It Bleed spawned the resurgence of Russell's still photography, beginning with an exhibition directly related to the book that premiered at Digital Domain in Los Angeles in 2005.
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