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Patti Smith &
Robert Mapplethorpe 1969: Seeff and Mapplethorpe met soon after arriving in New York, and Mapplethorpe asked him if he could
airbrush some of his prints. Seeff loved what Mapplethorpe had done and offered to photograph Mapplethorpe and Smith. These shots have been featured widely since the release of Smith's book "
Just Kids". •
The Band 1969: Seeff was commissioned by the late
Bob Cato to take the liner images for the Band's 1970 release
Stage Fright. However, Cato loved Seeff's image so much it became the major design feature of the album as a poster insert. The poster rapidly became a collector's item and helped launch Seeff's career as one of rock n roll's leading photographers and album cover designers. •
James Taylor 1970: Seeff photographed Taylor who was building a home on
Martha's Vineyard. Taylor and singer-songwriter
Carly Simon were later to live in the house. •
Andy Warhol 1970: Seeff photographed Warhol and members of
the Factory at Warhol's studio in New York. •
Mick Jagger 1971: Seeff photographed Jagger and
the Rolling Stones for the
Exile on Main Street album, in which Seeff was the
art director. •
Keith Richards 1971: Seeff also took a number of individual shots of Richards during the
Exile on Main Street shoot. •
Rolling Stones 1971: The Stones commissioned Seeff to shoot an iconic series of 12 images that were featured as an insert of 12 postcards. The postcards are to be re-released in 2010. •
Bobby Womack 1972: Seeff worked with Womack numerous times, but perhaps the best-known photograph by Seeff of Womack is featured on the cover of his 1972 album
Understanding. •
Miles Davis 1974: Seeff shot his iconic image of Davis who at the time was recovering from a throat condition and had just come off stage. •
Sly Stone 1974: Seeff's shot of Sly Stone kissing his then wife Kathy Silva was included in the
Brooklyn Museum 2009 exhibition
Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present. •
Carly Simon 1974: Seeff's cover shot of
Carly Simon dressed in a teddy for her
Playing Possum album was thought to be 'racy' and was featured in Sheila Weeler's book
Girls Like Us. In fact, it came from a series of shots of Simon doing yoga poses. •
Kiss 1974: Much has been written about Seeff's shoot with Kiss for their 1974 album
Hotter Than Hell although by all reports, it is more fiction than
fact. •
Ike and Tina Turner 1975: Seeff was a great admirer of the artistry of both Ike and Tina and many of his shots from this session illustrate the edge in their relationship. This session was the first that Seeff documented on
16mm film. •
Joni Mitchell 1975 & 1976: Seeff had a long working relationship with Mitchell with whom he did 7 sessions. •
The Jacksons 1976: This series of shots features
Michael Jackson in his late teens. •
Frank Zappa 1976: Seeff photographed Zappa multiple times. The images were used for album cover art (see cover of
Strictly Commercial) and were featured extensively in the February 1994 issue of
Musician magazine in observation of Zappa's recent passing in late 1993. Prior to his death, Seeff's photos of Zappa and his daughter
Moon were also featured in a 1989
LIFE magazine article. •
Johnny Mathis 1976: This session was also filmed on
16mm film. •
Cher 1976: Seeff shot
Cher for her album ''
I'd Rather Believe in You''. The shots captured Cher's iconic '70s look.(different photos). •
Ray Charles 1985: The classic image was used by
Concord Records on the album
Genius Loves Company. •
John Huston 1985: Seeff interviewed and photographed Huston for a series on American film directors. One of the photographs from this session was used by Apple for their "Think Different" campaign and appeared on giant billboards across America. •
Martin Scorsese 1986: Seeff photographed and filmed their conversation on the creative process for a series on American film directors. •
Billy Wilder 1986: Seeff's photograph of Wilder greets patrons to the Billy Wilder Theater at the
Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. •
Jim Henson 1986: Shot for a series on American film directors including an image which became a US Postal Service stamp. •
Bob Fosse 1986: Seeff photographed and filmed Fosse for a series on American film directors. •
David Crosby 1986: From a shoot with Stephen Stills and Graham Nash. •
Norman Mailer 1988: Seeff photographed an entire issue of
Esquire magazine on authors, which included Mailer. •
Aerosmith 1989: Seeff shot the photographic session for their album
Pump. The session was also documented. •
Steven Tyler 1989: Photographed during the session for Aerosmith's album
Pump. ==Record cover design and photography==