Jack Nicholson, Beverly Hills, CA., 1969.
“ Oh my god what a brilliant song.” I took Paul and Art up to a dirt road in Franklin Canyon and shot the cover of Sounds of Silence for Columbia Records. I wanted that thing where they’ re walking down the road, a little English with the scarves behind them, with Art’ s hair. And he and I became friends. Simon was more east coast. Art used to come out and stay at my house once in a while. After all these years you are finally opening your archives for an exhibit at the Museum of Ventura County. Why now? It’ s a retrospective just of the 1960s music scene and it will be up for two months at the museum. It’ s one of the first big shows there. Lately, I’ ve been more involved with photography than I have been in twenty years. That’ s because I’ ve been putting up my website— more for my daughter Jessica, than for me— and I’ m just falling in love with these images that I haven’ t seen for forty years. Finally, what would you like to be remembered for? When Esquire magazine did an article,“ The 100 Heavyweights of Rock‘ n’ Roll,” I was one of them. I was treated by the musicians with great respect and I treated them with great respect. I used to say to the bands I shot,“ Let’ s have fun because you’ ll probably never want to pose together again. Look, I’ m telling you:“ You’ re going to get into arguments over money. And next year you’ re not gonna all be here.” So I suppose, I did it with a sense of humor. t! treatsmagazine. com 39