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Michael Jackson: The Boy Who Brought Me to Tears

Renowned photographer Henry Diltz, whose work has appeared in Life, Rolling Stone and the New York Times, captured the Jackson 5 multiple times in the 1970s. He reconnected with their lead singer Michael Jackson, who had since become the biggest pop star on the planet, in 1985 to document the famed 'We Are the World' charity single recording ...

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PhotoSynthesis: MC Hammer

Previous | Next Los Angeles, 1990: I just remember he was just the nicest guy, and once again I worked on a couple of his videos as well. When I actually saw him do a whole concert I was really amazed at the energy. And where did he go? Gosh, he was great -- it was a great show, with a lot of movement and a lot of music. Previous Next Photo 25 ...

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PhotoSynthesis: Blondie

Previous | Next Los Angeles, 1977: Many of the people in my pictures are quite good friends of mine from my musician days, but these guys I didn't really know very well, and I don't actually remember sort of why I was here. This was a motel on Sunset Boulevard, and you can see in Debbie [Harry]'s waist there is a little orange motel key. There ...

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PhotoSynthesis: Eurythmics

Previous | Next Los Angeles, 1986: During the '80s I found myself on many, many a video set, sometimes two or three a week, and this was just one of them. Sometimes I pinch myself, I mean, I'm five feet away from Annie Lennox as she's singing intently into the lens of the video camera and I'm right there next to it taking her picture. And the ...

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PhotoSynthesis: Jerry Garcia

Previous | Next Bolinas, Calif., 1971: Just playing the guitar.... David Crosby's first solo album called 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' -- well, he commissioned me to go up to Northern California and photograph all of his friends who had played on the album. So we went to Grace Slick and Paul Kantner's house, and a lot of [David's] friends ...

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PhotoSynthesis: Jackson Browne

Previous | Next Los Angeles, 1974: The next one is Jackson Browne and the Chevy, and it says, "Late for the Sky," lettered on the window by one of those Chicano artists that letter on the low riders, it's a '52, I believe. Glenn Frey had actually bought this car and given it to Jackson Browne. Jackson Browne had given it to some girlfriend, and ...

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PhotoSynthesis: The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit

Previous | Next Santa Cruz Island, Calif., 1978: I call this one "Timothy Schmit rides the bow sprit." The bow sprit is the thing that sticks way out in the front of the boat, and the first sail is attached to the end of it. That was Joe Walsh's sailboat, called the So What. I went with the Eagles to sail the Santa Cruz Island, which is an ...

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