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Linda Ann Wolf
1950 (age 74–75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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Linda Ann Wolf, born in 1950, is an American photographer and writer. She was one of the first women to take pictures of rock and roll stars. She also creates beautiful art photos, often focusing on women and important global events.
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Linda Wolf's Early Life and Learning
Linda Wolf was born in Los Angeles, California in 1950 and grew up in Sherman Oaks. Her mother was a poet and a teacher. Her father was a businessman who loved photography. Linda's interest in taking pictures started because of her father's passion. He bought her first camera when she was a teenager.
Linda finished Hollywood High School in 1968. In 1969, she started dating Sandy Konikoff, a drummer. He invited her to Paxton Lodge in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This was where Elektra Records was recording one of Jackson Browne's first albums. The studio had a special room called a darkroom, where photos are developed. This experience inspired Linda, and she decided to become a professional photographer.
Linda's grandfather, Jules Wolf, managed the famous Lincoln Theater. From 1970 to 1975, Linda lived and studied in Provence, France. She attended the Institute for American Universities and L'Ecole Experimental Photographic. Her early photos in France showed people and village life in the Vaucluse Mountains. Later, Linda went to Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She also taught photography through the University of California at Los Angeles and worked as a photographer for the Los Angeles Citywide Mural Project.
Capturing Rock and Roll History
Photographing Fanny (1969)
In 1969, Linda Wolf started working at Warner Bros./Reprise Records. There, she met Fanny, the first all-girl rock band to sign with a major record company. Linda became friends with the band and moved in with them at Fanny Hill, a large house in Hollywood, Los Angeles. She lived there for a year and a half, taking pictures of the band's daily life and performances. More than 80 of Linda's old photos of Fanny are shown in the documentary about the band, Fanny: The Right to Rock. During this time, she also met and photographed Lowell George and the band members from Little Feat.
The Joe Cocker Tour (1970)
Linda Wolf met Joe Cocker a week before his "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" tour started in 1970. Joe Cocker had just arrived in the U.S. and needed a new band quickly. Leon Russell helped him by gathering over 40 musicians and singers, including Rita Coolidge and Chris Stainton. The tour's producer, Denny Cordell, invited Linda to join after seeing her photos. She and Andee Nathanson were the two official photographers for the two-month tour across the U.S.
A music documentary called Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen was released in 1971. It recognized Linda for her tour photography. In 2015, Linda wrote Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen: A Memory Book. This book included over 150 new photos, quotes, and stories from the people who were on the tour.
On September 11, 2015, Linda Wolf was the official photographer for a special concert. The Tedeschi Trucks Band and many of the original "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" musicians came together to honor Joe Cocker. Linda even sang in the final song with the choir. Joe Cocker passed away on December 22, 2014. Linda's photographs were used in news articles about his life and music.
Tribute: Cocker Power Book (2020)
On April 28, 2020, a large book called Tribute: Cocker Power was released. This 335-page book featured Linda Wolf's photos, stories from the tour members, and memories from the 1970 Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour. It also included photos from the 2015 tribute concert. The book came out on the 50th anniversary of the tour and received good reviews. It included stories from over a hundred musicians and crew members, like Leon Russell and Derek Trucks.
Public Art Projects
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Linda Wolf created a public art project. She took photos of everyday people sitting on bus benches. These photos were then placed on the sides of buses and the backs of bus benches in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Oakland, California in the U.S., and in Arles, France. The idea was to show real people instead of just advertisements. These photo benches were shown in many places, including the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery. One of these benches is now in the courtyard of the Musée Réattu in Arles as a permanent display.
Linda then created another project called L.A. Welcomes the World. This was a series of large portraits of people from different cultures. These portraits were displayed on billboards all over Los Angeles for the 1984 Summer Olympics. This project was supported by Eastman Kodak.
Organizations Linda Wolf Helped Start
- 1981 – She helped start Women in Photography International. Their work is kept in a special collection at Yale University.
- 1993 – She helped start The Daughters Sisters Project. This group is now called Teen Talking Circles. It is a non-profit organization that helps empower girls, improve relationships between genders, and support young people's activism.
Films Featuring Linda Wolf's Work
Short Films About Her Photography
- SOLA Spotlight Video (2024)
- I Am A Full Woman (2014)
- Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen Memory Book (2015)
- The Caravan: Seeking Asylum in the United States (2018)
- Tribute: Cocker Power (2020)
Films She Contributed To
- Twenty Feet From Stardom: Leon Russell Montage (2012)
- Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017)
- Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen (2021)
- Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time (2023)
- Fanny: The Right to Rock (2023)
Awards and Recognition
- In 2023, Linda Wolf received a SOLA Award. This award gives money to female visual artists over 60 who live in Washington State and have been creating art for at least 25 years.
Where Linda Wolf's Photos Are Kept
Linda Wolf's photographs are part of the permanent collections in several museums and institutions:
- Musee Reattu, Arles, France
- Musee Cantini, Marseille, France
- Musee Het Sterkshof, Antwerp, Belgium
- Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris
- Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio
- Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, California
- Women's Building, Los Angeles
- Photographic Center of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo
- Harborview Medical Center Hand Wing Gallery, Seattle
Exhibitions of Her Work
Solo Exhibitions
- La Chapelle des Penitents Bleus, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1972
- Le Chateau de Goult, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1973
- L'Ancienne Poste, Goult, France, 1973
- Grace Church; Global Portraits, Bainbridge Island, Washington, 2013
Group Exhibitions (1980–2021)
- USC Fisher Galley Museum of Art, Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community, Los Angeles
- National Museum of Women in the Arts: Women who Rock, Washington, D.C.
- L.A.C.E., Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
- Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
- Sala San José de Caracciolos de la Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
- Bainbridge Island Museum of Art: "Women in Photography", Bainbridge Island, Washington
- Bainbridge Island Museum of Art: "Breathe" Bainbridge Island, Washington
- Bus Bench Mural Project, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 1981
- Multicultural Focus, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park.
- The 12 artists from the original Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery were brought back together to show new work in Refocus: Multicultural Focus: an initiative of the J.Paul Getty's Pacific Standard Time, Arena 1 Gallery, 2012
Exhibitions Curated by Linda Wolf
- Women in Photography, Linda helped create and organize this exhibition at the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art in 2017. It included many of her own photographs.
