Lynn Goldsmith
Lynn Goldsmith(born 1948) is an Americanrecording artist,film director,celebrityportrait photographer,and rock and roll photographer.[1][2]She has also madefine art photographywithconceptual imagesand with her painting. Books of her work have been published by Taschen, Rizzoli, and Abrams. In 1985, she received aWorld Press Photoaward.[3]In the 1980s, she wrote songs and performed asWill Powers.In 2023, she was part ofa U.S. Supreme Court casedealing with the limits offair useconcerning a series ofAndy Warhol silkscreen portraitsbased on a Goldsmith photo of the musicianPrince.
Life
[edit]Goldsmith was born inDetroit,Michigan,in 1948.[4]She attended theUniversity of Michigan,where she graduated in three years Magna Cum Laude with two degrees inEnglishandPsychology.[5]After college, in 1969, Goldsmith worked forElektra Records.In 1971, she met Joshua White and worked with him as a director for Joshua TV. That same year, Goldsmith was inducted into the Directors Guild of America. In 1972, she directedABC'sIn Concert.After directing a documentary piece onGrand Funk Railroadfor ABC, she made a film on Grand Funk calledWe're an American Bandin 1973. This led to her becoming the band's co-manager.
In the mid-1970s, she left managing and directing to focus on her photography. Goldsmith founded the photo agency LGI, that represented images of famous people in theentertainment industry.During that time, she also wrote songs and performed asWill Powers,and was signed to Island Records. In 1997, Goldsmith sold LGI toCorbisso she could concentrate more fully on her fine art photography and work with the Will Powers Institute.[6]
She chronicled the lives ofBruce Springsteen,Michael Jackson,Bob Dylan,Patti Smith,andthe Rolling Stones' stadium tours.[7][8]Her photographs have appeared on the covers of magazines and have been used for book andalbum covers.
Gallery
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The Cars,1980 -
The B-52s,1980 -
Talking Heads,1980
Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith
[edit]In 2016, the Andy Warhol Foundation filed a pre-emptive lawsuit in federal court against Goldsmith, who then countersued citing copyright infringement of a portrait of Prince she'd taken in 1981. The Foundation argued that Warhol's "fair use" of the image was under copyright law because Warhol "transformed" the image.[9]
The Warhol Foundation won in federal court and Goldsmith appealed and won in the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Foundation appealed the decision, and Goldsmith won again. The Warhol Foundation then filed an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. The case was heard on October 20, 2022.[10][11]On May 18, 2023, the Supreme Court sided with Goldsmith in a 7–2 vote.[12]
Publications
[edit]- Springsteen.Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985.ISBN978-0283992148.
- New Kids.Rizzoli, 1990.ISBN978-0847813049.
- Circus Dreams.Rizzoli, 1991.ISBN978-0847814473.
- Marky Mark.Harper Perennial, 1992.ISBN978-0060950033.
- Photodiary: A Musical Journey.Rizzoli, 1995.ISBN978-0847818761.
- Flower.Rizzoli, 2000.ISBN978-0847822584.
- Springsteen: Access All Areas.Rizzoli, 2000.ISBN978-0789303929.
- Rock and Roll.Abrams, 2007.ISBN978-0810994058.
- The Police: 1978–1983.Little, Brown, 2007.ISBN978-0316005913.
- The Looking Glass.Insight, 2011.ISBN9781933784946.
- Rock and Roll Stories.Abrams, 2013.ISBN978-1419709586.[13]
- KISS: 1977–1980.Rizzoli, 2017.ISBN978-0847860128.[14]
- Patti Smith: Before Easter After.Taschen, 2019.[15][16][17]
- Music in the '80s.Rizzoli, 2022.ISBN978-0847872251.
- 'Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band- Darkness on The Edge of Town' Taschen 2023
Awards
[edit]- 2021: Lifetime Achievement in Portraiture,Lucie Awards[18][19]
References
[edit]- ^"Women To Watch: Trend Tracker Tara Gilani With Photographer Lynn Goldsmith".cbsnews.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"Photographer Lynn Goldsmith February 6, 2014".nyc-arts.org.RetrievedFebruary 3,2024.
- ^"1985 Lynn Goldsmith PN3 Photo".worldpressphoto.org.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"Lynn Goldsmith's best photograph: the Patti Smith Easter sessions".The Guardian.December 12, 2019.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"Bio/CV".lynngoldsmith.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"Goldsmith Bio from Lexar".Archived fromthe originalon April 12, 2020.RetrievedSeptember 27,2007.
- ^"Patti Smith says photographer Lynn Goldsmith took her" out of the black and white world "".cbsnews.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"Photographs Capturing the Magic of Patti Smith, On Stage and Off".AnOther.October 23, 2019.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^Totenberg, Nina."The Supreme Court meets Andy Warhol, Prince and a case that could threaten creativity".NPR.RetrievedDecember 15,2022.
- ^Liptak, Adam (October 12, 2022)."Prince Photo or Just Formerly Known as One? Supreme Court Weighs Warhol's Art".The New York Times.RetrievedDecember 15,2022.
- ^Gerson, Jeannie Suk (October 19, 2022)."The Supreme Court's Self-Conscious Take on Andy Warhol".The New Yorker.RetrievedDecember 15,2022.
- ^Hurley, Lawrence."Supreme Court rules against Warhol foundation in copyright fight over Prince images".NBC News.RetrievedMay 19,2023.
- ^"'Rock And Roll Stories': Four Decades Photographing Music's Biggest Stars - Soundcheck ".WNYC.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^New photography book captures the rise of legendary band Kiss– via cbsnews
- ^Chiarito, Bob (October 29, 2019)."Patti Smith reveals stunning new photobook – and stands up for youth on-the-march – at Chicago event".NME.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^Martoccio, Angie (October 25, 2019)."'Before Easter After': Unseen Photos of Patti Smith Document Her Rise to Fame ".Rolling Stone.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^Ulin, David L. (November 23, 2019)."Patti Smith and photographer Lynn Goldsmith: Their portrait of an abiding friendship".Los Angeles Times.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"18th Lucie Awards Bestow Masters of Photography Honors Virtually".direporter.October 23, 2021.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
- ^"2021 Lucie Honoree for Achievement in Portraiture: Lynn Goldsmith".The Eye of Photography Magazine.October 28, 2021.RetrievedDecember 28,2022.
