The
San Francisco Art Exchange located in Northern California is currently exhibiting a gallery history of photos of
The Rolling Stones. The photos in the exhibit range from shots of their early days as a blues band with Brian Jones to the present day. The exhibit, which features over 50 years of pictures, is to celebrate the opening of
“Exhibitionism,” the multi-media Stones exhibit now on view in London at the Saatchi Gallery through September that includes memorabilia, audio, video, stage designs and personal diaries.
The San Francisco Art Exchange exhibit includes the work of over a dozen photographers. Also featured in the show is
the art of Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood, whose work the gallery has exhibited since 1987. The photographers and their work include Philip Townshend's first photos of the band from 1962; Gered Mankowitz's photos from their first two U.S. tours in 1964 and 1965; Terry O'Neill's early press photos; Ethan Russell's images from the 1969 and 1972 U.S. tours and Peter Webb's lost photos from the “Sticky Fingers” album cover sessions that were discovered in an attic 30 years later.
Also featured are Dominique Tarle's photos from the South of France during the recording of “Exile on Main Street”; Jim Marshall's 1972 tour photos taken for LIFE Magazine; Ken Regan, Lynn Goldsmith and Allan Tannenbaum's photos from the 1970s and 1980s. In addition to featuring the exhibit at the gallery, which is located at 458 Geary Street in San Francisco, some photos are also available
to view and purchase online.
