THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: STEVIE RAY VAUGHAN

“IN TEXAS, SOMEWHERE JUST UNDER GOD”

As Told By: Chris Hardy

Written By: Justyne Gurley

PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY

PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY

1986

Greek Theatre at UC Berkley 

It’s a fairly small venue to be playing in, and they didn’t even fill half of it. Stevie Ray Vaughan was basically nobody at this point. So, I get there and I start talking to the box office woman, and I say, “Who is this guy? I’d heard some of his stuff but now I’m hearing he played with David Bowie before?” and she said, “Yeah, I don’t know either, but he’s really ugly. “He was really good though, in Texas he’s very popular and somewhere under God. “

THE STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO: R. CRUMB

“HE WAS JUST BIZARRE...”

As Told By: Chris Hardy

Written By: Justyne Gurley

PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY

PHOTO BY: CHRIS HARDY

1983

Signing books at a pizza place in Berkley, CA 

Whoever was doing the publicity for the whole thing, invited a reporter and me to go. The reporter was there, trying to ask R. Crumb questions, but there was a guy sitting next to him who would not let her ask anything. So, what would happen was she would say, “can you ask him if...” whatever the question was, and the guy would turn and say whatever she had just asked. Only then would R. Crumb answer, and then the guy would turn back to her and answer her. “It was like an English interpreter for someone who’s like three feet away.” R. Crumb wouldn’t answer a question directly, it had to be done through this guy. 

Photo Talk with Timothy Archibald

Featuring Michael Lewis

Michael Lewis remotely visited our “PH 692: Contemporary Topics in Photography'“ class to discuss his long term self-portrait series he was been working on for the past 30 years. A working editorial photographer who specialized in celebrity portraiture, Michael has created a series of images titled " On The Job " in which he has included himself in a role playing manner in the background of his celebrity portraits.

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Photo Talk with Timothy Archibald

Featuring Kishan Kumar Kannan

Welcome to the first installment of "Photo Talk", presented by the School of Photography. To get things started, Associate Director, Timothy Archibald, sat down with MFA Alumni, Kishan Kannan. Kishan let us get behind the scenes to show us the retouching skills he used to create his image, which will be featured in the July/August 2020 issue of "Communication Arts" "Photography Annual 61".

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