Wild Horses
For the cover of 1976’s Hasten Down the Wind, Russell shot Linda Ronstadt after sunset at her Malibu home. “The horse,” he says, “was a complete accident.”
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Play With Fire
Image Credit: Ethan Russell Rolling Stones founder and guitarist Brian Jones at home in East Sussex, England, 1969, before he died in his swimming pool that July. Russell claims Jones spontaneously put on the flag shirt and grabbed the gun. “He was probably hungover,” Russell says.
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Empty Pages
Image Credit: Ethan Russell Steve Winwood, 1968. “He wasn’t very communicative,” Russell says. “He’s a stoner . . . in his own world a little bit.”
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Get Off My Cloud
Image Credit: Ethan Russell Charlie Watts and Keith Richards on the Stones’ touring plane in 1972. “We were transitioning at this point into the celebrity culture,” Russell says. “They were at the top of the pyramid. Behind me as I’m taking this picture is Truman Capote.”
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Milk and Honey
Image Credit: Ethan Russell John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1968. “Photographing Mick Jagger was a huge fucking deal,” says Russell. “John Lennon was that on steroids.”
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School Days
Image Credit: Ethan Russell Chuck Berry and Mick Jagger backstage, 1969. “Here we have [rock’s] Generation One talking to Generation Two,” Russell says. “It’s a pretty historic moment.”
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Rock and Roll Circus
Image Credit: Ethan Russell Taj Mahal and the Stones rehearsing for The Rock and Roll Circus at Londonderry Hotel in 1968. “It was family entertainment,” Russell says of the concert film. “When he came to the door, Keith leapt to his feet, strode over, and gave him a hug. Something I’d never seen Keith do.”