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JENKINS JOHNSON GALLERY PRESENTS LYNN GOLDSMITH’S ‘ICONS OF ROCK’

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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Jenkins Johnson Gallery presents “Icons of Rock and the Imagination,” a solo exhibition of Lynn Goldsmith’s oeuvre of rock and roll photography as well as her fine art work, on view through October 30.

Goldsmith’s first blush from rock photography was an image of The Beatles’ feet. She opted to capture only this portion of the Fab Four, but it was enough to propel her career into motion and place her in the hub of the music industry ever since.

She has exhibited extensively at the International Center for Photography and the Museum of Modern Art, both in New York, and the Newark Museum of Art in New Jersey, among others; her work is included in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian, Polaroid, as well as the MoMA in New York.

Goldsmith’s vision was informed by her experience growing up in Detroit during the heyday of Motown. It was an era in which concertgoers dressed to the nines to listen to their favorite musicians live: see and be seen. When Goldsmith arrived as a photographer in the late 60s, musicians favored a “come as you were” methodology to their appearance. Goldsmith was not satisfied with their haphazard appearance and began shaping their styles for portrait sessions. Hair, makeup and clothes were stylized to realize the rockers’ full potential in their session.

In her current body of personal work, the series “In the Looking Glass,” Goldsmith’s lens shifts from portraiture of rock icons to portraiture of herself. Inspiration came from observing crowds lingering and ambling pass the haute displays on New York City streets.

The gallery is at 464 Sutter Street. For information, www.jenkinsjohnsongallery.com or 415-677-0770.