Episode 1077 - Ethan Russell

WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

• Episode: Episode 1077 - Ethan Russell
• Website: WTF with Marc Maron Podcast
• Feed URL: http://wtfpod.libsyn.com/rss
• Duration: 01:32:31
• Published: 2019-12-05 09:00

Photographer Ethan Russell is the only person to shoot album covers for The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, which is quite an achievement considering he didn’t even want a career as a photographer. Ethan talks with Marc about going from the U.S. to England in the 1960s to become a writer, only to find himself working with Mick Jagger and taking rock and roll photographs that stand the test of time. On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the ill-fated Altamont Free Concert, Ethan describes what it was like to document the event and be on the helicopter that got the Stones out of there when it all went down. This episode is sponsored by Zoro.com and SimpliSafe.