Jim Morrison by Art Kane
Jim Morrison by Art Kane
Jim Morrison, taken in 1968 by Art Kane
Art Kane and Jim Morrison hit it off and spent the shoot discussing culture, literature and current events. Kane photographed Morrison for Life Magazine’s ‘New Rock’ photo essay in the closet of his room at L.A.’s Chateau Marmont hotel. He had an electrician move the television in to the closet, and asked Morrison to kneel behind it and change channels. Finally choosing the blond starlet as his principle image. As Kane later remembered: “A light went on in my hotel closet when I opened the door. It produced a weird shadow. It was a lifeless chamber. I noticed the TV and instinctively moved it into the closet. I had visions of Jim Morrison kneeling behind it with the tube suggesting an x-ray image of his nerve center – his thoughts.”
Art Kane fine art print details
Limited edition, fine art prints of Art Kane photographs are created from Kane's original negatives and transparencies and have been scanned on a high performance Heidelberg drum scanner with a maximum optical resolution of 19,200 dpi. The Digital C-Type photograph is made by LI Digital Inc., NYC, a specialist in fine art photographic printing. The 16” x 20” and larger sizes are made on an Epson Fine Art Printer using Epson Premium Luster Archival Photo Paper. The photographs include an official Art Kane Estate document that is stamped, dated, edition numbered, and countersigned for authenticity by Jonathan Kane, Art Kane's son and Director of the Art Kane Archive. The document is created on archival crack and peel paper and can be placed on the verso of the image, or on the back of the frame at the client's discretion
Available in two sizes, 16x20” - edition 40 and 30x40” - edition 7
Framed or unframed. Museum grade framing features non-glare museum glass, and Standard framing features UV protected Conservation Clear glass.
