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Ed Caraeff

Ed Caraeff is a photographer and art director. He has worked with, photographed, designed and art directed hundreds of album covers. His photography archive includes Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Elton John, Carly Simon, Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Tom Waits, Tim Buckley, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye.

Caraeff’s work is included in the permanent collection of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has been featured on the covers of numerous magazines worldwide. His groundbreaking chance photo of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar onstage at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 is widely considered to be one of the most iconic rock photographs of all time, and is the only image ever to appear twice on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

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  • Elton John performing at Troubadour, 1970 — Limited Edition Print - Ed Caraeff
    Elton John performing at Troubadour, 1970 — Limited Edition Print - Ed Caraeff

    Elton John performing at Troubadour, 1970 — Limited Edition Print

    Ed Caraeff
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    Elton John performs at Doug Weston's Troubadour on August 25, 1970 in Los Angeles. He recalled of the iconic show: "The energy I put into my perfor...

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  • Jimmy Hendrix, Hollywood Bowl, 1968 — Limited Edition Print
    Jimmy Hendrix, Hollywood Bowl, 1968 — Limited Edition Print

    Jimi Hendrix, Hollywood Bowl, 1968 — Limited Edition Print

    Ed Caraeff
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    The crowd invade the pool as The Jimi Hendrix Experience perform at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, CA, September 14, 1968. Edition of 50 Signe...

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  • Carly Simon in her kitchen, 1974 — Limited Edition Print - Ed Caraeff
    Carly Simon in her kitchen, 1974 — Limited Edition Print - Ed Caraeff

    Carly Simon in her kitchen, 1974 — Limited Edition Print

    Ed Caraeff
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    Carly Simon is photographed in the kitchen of the New York townhouse she shared with James Taylor in the months before the birth of their daughter,...

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  • Elton John performing at the Forum, 1974 — Limited Edition Print - Ed Caraeff
    Elton John performing at the Forum, 1974 — Limited Edition Print - Ed Caraeff

    Elton John performing at the Forum, 1974 — Limited Edition Print

    Ed Caraeff
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    English singer songwriter Elton John is photographed performing in a stripy costume at the Forum in Los Angeles in 1974. The show was part of his N...

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