PhotoSynthesis: David Crosby

Posted on Nov 14th 2007 5:00PM by Henry Diltz
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Minneapolis, 1970: I flew out just for this one concert, and in the afternoon I was up in David Crosby's room, and David was sitting on his bed talking on the phone. And suddenly the door opens a crack. Graham Nash leans in and says, "Hey, David, some fan made this for you," and tosses this little pillow American flag gun to him. Without a beat going by, Crosby just picked it up, held it up to his head and I just went click, click, click and the third click he brought the joint up. It all took 10 seconds. You might think we rented a studio, convinced him to take his shirt off and had a prop gun made, but it wasn't that way at all. This is photojournalism.

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