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Elton John takes flight, 1970 — Co-Signed Edition Print

Elton John flies in the air while playing the piano on-stage at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California on November 15, 1970. Known for his pageantry and precision on the keys, John saw his most commercially successful period in the 1970s during which he released several hit albums with the help of his musical partner and lyricist Bernie Taupin.

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  • Edition of 50
  • Signed and numbered on the front by Ed Caraeff and Elton John
  • Gelatin Silver Print
Gelatin Silver Print

Before the advent of digital technology at the end of the twentieth century, the gelatin silver process had been the most commonly used method of making black and white prints since the 1890s. A negative image is transferred to light-sensitive paper that has four layers: a paper base, a white opaque coating of gelatin and barium sulfate that creates a smooth surface, the gelatin layer that holds the silver grains of the photographic image, and a protective gelatin overcoat. Properly exposed gelatin silver prints are quite stable if exhibited under controlled light conditions.

Until the 1970s, art photographers used this process almost exclusively to create high-quality black and white prints. Color photography was considered a commercial medium, not suited to serious artistic expression. Today, as fewer and fewer photographers are working in darkrooms, gelatin silver printing is quickly becoming an antiquated, historic process.

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Ed Caraeff

About the Artist

Photographer and art director Ed Caraeff has worked with, photographed, designed, and art directed hundreds of album covers.  His ground-breaking photo of Jimi Hendrix burning his guitar on-stage at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, when Caraeff was just seventeen, is widely considered to be one of the most iconic rock photos of all-time and is the only photo ever to appear twice on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

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