On View Magazine Fall 2015 | Page 10

I MUSE MMORTALIZED BY WRITERS, filmmakers, and musicians from Stephen King to Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, the cover of Rolling Stone magazine has embodied generations of popular culture. For artists, the cover is a coveted career achievement, and for many readers, it represents a fantasy realm of the rock-n-roll lifestyle. In the 1960s and ’70s, Rolling Stone provided a national voice to the counter-culture movement and gave readers unprecedented access to musicians before the days of personal branding. Backstage Pass: Baron Wolman and the Early Years of Rolling Stone explores Frank Zappa (1940-1993), May 1968 (exhibition print 2014), Behind his Laurel Canyon home, Los Angeles, CA, archival ink jet print, 10-3/8 x 16”, courtesy Iconic Images / Baron Wolman Archive. Photo © Baron Wolman.