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The Rock Photography Museum, or RPM, is an initiative launched in 2019 with a presentation at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas. The co-founders are Drew Evans, Steve Walker of Modern Rocks Gallery and Hugh Brown, former creative director of Rhino Records.
RPM is currently just an idea, but the plan is to create the world's first museum devoted specifically to music photography. It will feature rotating exhibits, a research archive, licensing services, and a fine art gallery. You can find out more at rpmarchives.com.
The plan for the RPM podcast is to pair up photographers with their subjects. Less interview and more conversation. Almost as though they have run into each other in an airport bar while waiting for a flight. And you're a fly on the wall for the chat that follows.
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Chester Simpson and Joel Selvin
Chester Simpson is a highly sought-after Washington D.C.-based photographer whose current work runs the gamut from corporate events, portraiture and annual reports, to advertising and editorial assignments. Years ago, however, Chester cut his teeth shooting music in San Francisco beginning in the early '70s, where he and Joel found themselves running in the same circles. After freelancing for years for magazines like Rolling Stone, Chester moved back east and eventually found himself hired to travel the globe with the USO, a gig which saw him photograph scores of artists ranging from Clint Back to La Toya Jackson on over 30 tours.
Many people know Joel Selvin from his weekly column in the San Francisco Chronicle, which ran for close to 40 years. He has also written nearly 20 books about pop music, published countless magazine articles and interviews for Rolling Stone, Melody Maker and others, and contributed liner notes to dozens of albums.
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Alec Byrne and Graham Nash
Graham Nash is a legendary singer/songwriter and musician, co-founder of the Hollies and later Crosby, Stills and Nash, and also an accomplished photographer. Alec Byrne covered the music scene in London in the late '60s and early '70s, during which time he photographed every major artist of the day, including both the Hollies and Crosby Stills and Nash. His work, which was stored in his garage for nearly 40 years, finally re-emerged in 2017 in the book LONDON ROCK: The Unseen Archive. © 2021 Rock Photography Museum