Guy Webster, whose photos ruled the world of album covers, dies at 79

LOS ANGELES - Guy Webster, a self-trained photographer who helped shape the late 1960s music scene with album covers that became as familiar as the songs they held, has died at his California home.

In demand by musicians and celebrities throughout his life, Webster died Feb. 5 at the age of 79 in Ojai. His death was not publicly announced at the time. The cause was liver cancer, said rock historian Harvey Kubernik, who was Webster's biographer.

Webster was an under-recognized star during a musical era when album covers were part of the visceral experience of record-buying. His was the moody lakeside shot of the Rolling Stones used on the cover of "Big