Rock & Roll Photo Exhibit Coming To Brooklyn Museum

"Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present," an exhibit acknowledging the work of photographers for their creative role in the history of rock and roll music, will be on view Oct. 30, 2009, through Jan. 31, 2010 at the Brooklyn Museum, reports the Examiner.

Among the works on view will be William “Red” Robertson’s 1955 photo of Elvis Presley that appeared on his first album; the contact sheets of Bob Gruen’s portrait of John Lennon in a sleeveless New York City T-shirt and another photo session of Lennon on a rooftop; a bedside shot of John Lennon and Yoko Ono by Allan Tannenbaum, Astrid Kirchherr's portrait of Beatles John, Paul, George, Stu and Pete in Hamburg, Don Hunstein’s photograph of Bob Dylan walking with girlfriend Suze Rotolo down a snowy Greenwich Village street that appeared on the cover of "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan" and a Jim Marshall portait of the Beatles disembarking from an airplane as well as his portrait of Johnny Cash "flipping the bird" at the camera.

The photo above, taken by William "PoPsie" Randolph, shows Wilson Pickett backed by a young Jimi Hendrix on guitar.