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02/13/2016

Rock music scene arts reporter Leslie Feffer's article on the opening, last night, of "The Photography of Jim Cummins" exhibit at the Morrison Hotel Gallery: http://exm.nr/1PsA1uB

The Morrison Hotel Gallery in SoHo is hosting an exhibition curated from the extensive collection of award-winning photojournalist Jim Cummins, whose work has g

02/03/2016

For details about meeting Jim Cummins, the photographer who took the photographs of the legends from the Golden Age of Rock (which became over 900 of the album covers for most of the biggest selling albums of that era), at the opening reception for the exhibit of Jim's photos at the Morrison Hotel Gallery in NYC on Thursday, February 11, check out "Image Fortress Added An Event" posted on January 30, below.

01/31/2016

Meet the photographer who took the photographs of the legends from the Golden Age of Rock that became over 900 of the album covers for most of the biggest selling albums of that era at the exhibit opening Thursday evening, February 11 at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on 116 Prince Street, NYC. If you are looking forward to watching the upcoming and HBO series about the 1970's rock music industry, meet the man this industry relied upon to do their album covers!

11/27/2015

documentary "Janis: Little Girl Blue" opens nationally today. More never-before-seen photos of Janis Joplin taken by award-winning photojournalist Jim Cummins , along with the rare photos he took of Joplin used in this documentary, can be seen at bit.ly/1baueD1 .

11/13/2015

Another iconic photo by award-winning photojournalist Jim Cummins of legendary percussionist playing with at the Concert for Harlem on 139th Street & Lenox Ave. in NYC the evening of Sept. 5, 1969.

11/13/2015

Here's legendary percussionist performing with at the famed Concert for Harlem right on 139th Street & Lenox Ave. in NYC the evening of Sept. 5, 1969.

02/19/2015

Thrilled to announce that we are partnered with the family of noted avant garde photographer/filmmaker/poet Ira Cohen to digitally preserve and bring to the public his truly unique body of work from the 1960s, '70s and '80s.

was a colleage of and worked alongside other noted avant garde artists of the 1960's and '70s such as . Cohen created a truly unique series of portrait photographs of major artists of that era including . They are referred to as Cohen's "Mylar Photographs" based upon Cohen's inventive use of sheets of mylar as part of his technique in taking these unusual portraits, which are works of art as a result of this technique that Cohen pioneered.

The original manuscripts of Cohen's poetry now reside in the Yale University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Stand by for postings of photos from this collection and the stories behind these photos as we begin to work with them.

06/06/2014

Here's the complete video from the CBS Evening News/Jim Axelrod feature interview of award-winning photojournalist Jim Cummins and our project restoring and remastering Jim's iconic photos of the music legends of the '60s and '70s.

06/05/2014

Check out award-winning photojournalist Jim Cummins prediction on the future of photojournalism at http://bit.ly/1j2X3FT

Countdown To An Evolution by Jim Cummins There have never been textbooks or manuals on the future of imaging (still photography and video). And courses on imaging have always been unable to anticipate the emerging changes to and rapid pace of innovation in photography. Such as the tectonic cha…

05/28/2014

Here's the full video and complete soundtrack from the CBS Evening News/Jim Axelrod feature interview broadcast on 5/21/14 about Jim Cummins and our project restoring and remastering Jim Cummins' iconic photos of the music legends of the '60s and '70s..

05/23/2014

Jim Axelrod of CBS News did a super job in his feature story on last night's CBS Evening News about our project to restore and remaster Jim Cummins' iconic music legends photos. At cbsn.ws/1i7KZCG

For three decades, Jim Cummins took the portraits of some of the music world's biggest names. Along the way, he collected a museum's worth of iconic images, which he is now working to restore. Jim Axelrod reports.

05/13/2014

NPR's "All Things Considered" feature story on our project to bring the Lost Collection of Jim Cummins music legends photos back to life: http://n.pr/1jbITXO

Jim Cummins was one of the few African-American photographers working in superstar rock, shooting everyone from Jimi Hendrix to Sonny & Cher. Along the way, he forgot about more than 2,500 negatives.