woensdag, juli 16, 2003
Phil Ceccola, a rock photographer who began following Bruce Springsteen when he was still playing tiny clubs, then took thousands of pictures of him as his career exploded, died of brain cancer Sunday. He was 48. Ceccola also photographed Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, David Bowie and Elton John, among others, in a career that began at age 11, when he snapped pictures of the Temptations at a concert in Atlantic City.
One of Ceccola's photographs of a bedraggled looking Springsteen, lounging backstage at the Main Point club in Bryn Mawr in 1975, graced the cover of the Boss' 1998 compilation album, "Tracks," and its abridged version "18 Tracks."
"Springsteen was sick. You can see the sweat on his forehead," Ceccola recounted in a recent interview. "He had a lot going on in his head in that picture. It was the first time I had ever seen him in a suit. He was starting to think about his image."
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Ceccola was still a novice when he met Springsteen in the early 1970s, but he recognized his talent and was a backstage presence at his shows for a decade. Springsteen, then still an unknown, sometimes stayed at Ceccola's apartment when he was in town. In the early years, he chauffeured Springsteen around town, brought him to stations and took him shopping on South Street.
In the 1980s, Ceccola became wealthy selling collectibles, buttons and albums bearing images of the icons he photographed, but a series of lawsuits filed by stars including Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones forced him to stop using their likenesses. Ceccola had been touring as Rick Springfield's photographer for four years before his illness, diagnosed in 2000, forced him to quit.
Bron: Pennlive.
One of Ceccola's photographs of a bedraggled looking Springsteen, lounging backstage at the Main Point club in Bryn Mawr in 1975, graced the cover of the Boss' 1998 compilation album, "Tracks," and its abridged version "18 Tracks."
"Springsteen was sick. You can see the sweat on his forehead," Ceccola recounted in a recent interview. "He had a lot going on in his head in that picture. It was the first time I had ever seen him in a suit. He was starting to think about his image."
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Ceccola was still a novice when he met Springsteen in the early 1970s, but he recognized his talent and was a backstage presence at his shows for a decade. Springsteen, then still an unknown, sometimes stayed at Ceccola's apartment when he was in town. In the early years, he chauffeured Springsteen around town, brought him to stations and took him shopping on South Street.
In the 1980s, Ceccola became wealthy selling collectibles, buttons and albums bearing images of the icons he photographed, but a series of lawsuits filed by stars including Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones forced him to stop using their likenesses. Ceccola had been touring as Rick Springfield's photographer for four years before his illness, diagnosed in 2000, forced him to quit.
Bron: Pennlive.
# posted by Jan-Edward : 14:26
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