Photographer- Bob Gruen

The artist of this work is Bob Gruen. The title of this photograph is "John Lennon, NYC". The media of this work is photography. The dimensions are 355px × 490px. The date this photo was taken was on August 29, 1974. 

Bob Gruen, the rock n' roll photographer, was born in New York City on year 1945. Gruen has been photographing for 40 years. He started to work with photographing Bob Dylan, and made his way to personal take photos of John Lennon as seen above. Gruen has shot Elvis Presley, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, The Stone, Elton John and much more. He knew he wanted to photograph the rock n' roll time because he was a big fan for The Who. 

"Bob's magical photos and brilliantly telling captions together present a kaleidoscope of John Lennon's New York Period. It is beautiful, clear, and truthful. I know. I was there." - Yoko Ono, John Lennon's wife

John Lennon came to New York to sober up and change his life. He was starting a new album and needed a cover. He remember Bob Gruen and asked his to shoot for him. The photos were taken place of John Lennon's penthouse rooftop on a nice, sunny day. Gruen bought a New York City t-shirt off the streets for five dollars and made Lennon wear it for the shoot. Now it is one the thee famous photographs of the rock and roll legend, John Lennon.

This connects to the theme of the exhibition because John Lennon is one of the famous rock and roll artist from The Beatles. Bob Gruen was a well known photographer for many rock and roll artists in his era.  I chose this photo of Lennon because I have always seen this photograph everywhere, such as posters, shirts, cards, etc. Bob Gruen created such a strong photo, and now this photo is considered a legend in photography.

Citations:
"New York Magazine." NYMag.com. Web. 10 Dec. 2012.

"Bob Gruen, Rock and Roll Photographer" John Lennon Photos.Web. 10 Dec. 2012.