It takes a bright mind to photograph another great mind. It takes a lot of talent to be able to create a visual representation of one of the most powerful audio (and literary) personalities ever. Maybe the most influential single artist in Rock’s history. It takes somebody like Barry Feinstein to photograph somebody like Bob Dylan. They were very active in 1966 and both of them are very active still. Mr. Dylan is everywhere, from the Pulitzer Prize, to the top of the list with his latest album Modern Times. Mr. Feinstein’s work with Bob Dylan as central character, fortunately, is also very much alive, for two main reasons that go together. On one hand there is the amazing exhibition that the people from Snap Galleries in Birmingham, England, have prepared with never-exhibited-before images that go from the cover photograph for The Times They Are A Changin’ (1963 ), to 1974 tour, passing by the historic 1966 UK tour. On the other hand, there is the soon-to-be-published book Real Moments. Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein, that “contains a comprehensive selection of well known and unpublished photographs of Bob Dylan by Barry Feinstein, along with text by Barry and an introduction from Bob Neuwirth.”

As a graduatre student for William McKeen’s class at the University of Florida, I have just wrote
a paper on the relation between both artists. It can be read here.