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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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Iconic Spotlight : Tim Buckley, by Ed Caraeff
As a photographer, one of the best gigs you could get was shooting an album cover. And over his career as a photographer and art director, Ed Caraeff’s work has been featured on several notable records, including Iggy & the Stooges ‘Fun House’, Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band’s ‘Trout Mask’, ‘Closing Time’ by Tom Waits and Carly Simon’s ‘No Secrets.’
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Iconic Spotlight : The Stooges, Ed Caraeff
“Iggy reminded me a little of Jim Morrison. At one point during the gig, Iggy picked up a glowing candle off a table and poured hot melted wax down his bare chest.”
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#FineArtFriday – Three Dog Night, by Ed Caraeff
Photographer and art director Ed Caraeff has worked with some of the most iconic names in music, including 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.
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Iconic Images speak to Ed Caraeff about photographing Tom Petty.
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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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