Ethan Russell is a multi Grammy nominated photographer and director. He is also an award winning creative director and the author of two books, Dear Mr. Fantasy (Houghton Mifflin 1985) and LET IT BLEED. The Rolling Stones 1969 U.S. Tour (Collector's Edition Rhino Entertainment, 2007. Trade Edition: Springboard Press 2009).
In 1968 Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and aspiring to become a writer. A few years later he was one of the foremost rock photographers in the world. He is the only photographer to have shot album covers of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who. In 1978 he extended the work he had been doing as a still photographer into film and video, becoming one of the pioneers of music video. In the 1990s, he became active in the field of interactive media, serving as creative director of a company specializing in the desktop delivery of interactive video.
Today he continues to work in all aspects of his career including photography, writing, filmaking and production. He lives in Marin, California with his wife, stepson, and son.
BILL WYMAN
Ethan Russell has taken some of the greatest pictures in rock Ԯՠroll.... maybe the greatest ever.
PETE TOWNSHEND
Ethan Russell was a sheer joy to work with.... his contributions were poetic and dramatic.....Most
important of all, his photographs were what I would call fine...they felt like the classics of Paul Strand, ready to put up in the National Gallery. As an artist himself, Ethan is the civilised eye on an uncivilised art-form: rock Ԯՠroll.
ROSANNE CASH
Ethan Russell is old school in the best sense of the word: he has true talent, he has a painterly eye, he respects himself and his clients, and heճ interested in finding the truth in every photographic situation. Actually, heճ interested in finding the truth whether the camera is turned on or not.
