The music he saw
Little did I appreciate, when my Uncle Alan encouraged my photography back in the 1950s, that this would lead me to a career photographing nearly all of my heroes. It has been a fantastic ride through an incredible period of music history, which combined my two great loves: music and photography.’
Those are the words of my good friend Michael Putland, who sadly passed away two years ago this week. In the course of a long and hugely successful career, he photographed the likes of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Roger Daltry, Jeff Beck, Billy Joel, Madonna and Michael Jackson, and toured the world with acts such as The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Wham and The Cure.
As I’m a former dancer and choreographer, the fusion of music, performance and images have always been an important part of my life but it wasn’t until I embarked on my second career as a hair and make-up artist that I came into Michael’s orbit. Fresh out of Shepperton Studios make-up school in 2003 I
