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Ed Caraeff is a photographer and art director. He has worked with, photographed, designed or art directed hundreds of album covers. His photography archive includes Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Elton John, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye.
His work is included in the permanent collection of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has been featured on the covers of numerous magazines, world-wide. His ground-breaking chance photo of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar on-stage at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is widely considered to be one of the most iconic rock photos of all-time and is the only photo ever to appear twice on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
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COMPETITION : WIN a SIGNED copy of Burning Desire: The Jimi Hendrix Experience through the Lens of Ed Caraeff’
This month Iconic Images are giving away a SIGNED copy of Ed Caraeff’s ‘Burning Desire’.
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#FineArtFriday – Captain Beefheart, by Ed Caraeff
American musician, singer, songwriter, artist and poet Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet) on the left and his Magic Band pose for a portrait in Topanga, CA, US, February 26, 1969.
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#FineArtFriday – Iggy Pop, by Ed Caraeff
We look at Iggy Pop & The Stooges by iconic photographer, Ed Caraeff.
Now available as limited edition, fine art prints.
#FineArtFriday – Signed Jimi Hendix & Iggy Pop Books, by Ed Caraeff
For the first time, Iconic Images are delighted to offer signed copies of his new publications ‘Burning Desire: The Jimi Hendrix Experience through the Lens of Ed Caraeff’ and ‘Iggy & the Stooges: One Night at the Whisky 1970’.
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CNN Style
Unseen photos of Jimi Hendrix's greatest performances
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Daily Mail
At Monterey Pop Festival, 17-year-old student Ed Caraeff snapped pictures of Jimi Hendrix — including one of him burning his guitar —that turned him into a rock ’n’ roll icon.
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TIME Magazine
How One Photographer Captured Jimi Hendrix at His Peak
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New York Times
An aspiring rock photographer crammed into the pit at a music festival could get a lot worse advice than this: “Save some film for this Jimi Hendrix cat.”
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