Paul Stanley by Lynn Goldsmith, 1977

Lynn Goldsmith has documented over five decades of American culture, photographing stars from The Beatles and The Rolling Stones to David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Taking advantage of the close access granted to acts in the 1960s and 70s, she created insightful, candid shots that delved below the superficial glitz and glamour of rock and roll. Goldsmith has a particularly close working relationship with Patti Smith who she photographed for the cover of her legendary Easter album in 1977. The award-winning photographer has had 12 best-selling books of her work published; she also works as a documentary filmmaker and a singer and songwriter (under the pseudonym Will Powers). Goldsmith’s work is held in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Polaroid Collection, the Museum of Modern Art, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the permanent collection of Museum Folkwang.