The museum show stops at 2008, the year Blakesberg switched from film to digital photography. Photo by Kevin Coughlinīlakesberg’s daughter Ricki curated the exhibit–his first museum show– along with his Instagram page, which begat a coffee table book, RetroBlakeserg. One of Jay Blakesberg’s tools of the trade. When he discovered a press pass on the ground at a music festival, he knew he had found his calling. The next year, The Aquarian Weekly paid him for a pair of Grateful Dead images. How many dumb things can we do that will almost kill you, and hopefully you don’t die?”īlakesberg’s first published photo came at age 16. “We lived by the rule of adolescent stupidity. We smoked a lot of weed,” he told admirers at the exhibition’s opening weekend. “We were young, stupid, impressionable kids that did a lot of drugs. His vantage point was a fan’s, from the audience at Madison Square Garden and Passaic’s Capitol Theatre.Īt first, snaps of his rock heroes simply fueled his high school fantasies, adorning walls of his bedroom, where he strove to emulate their wild ways. How do you beat that?”īlakesberg started shooting bands in 1978, with his dad’s Pentax camera. “He’s got Jerry Garcia staring at Snoop Dogg. That’s what makes this interesting,” said the museum’s departing director, Andrew Sandall, a punk guitarist in his youth. “He’s a great storyteller, visually and in person. Jake Blakesberg at his high school graduation. It’s about adventure,” the Clark, NJ, native said of his life’s journey. Blakesberg will lead walking tours of the exhibit on Feb. RetroBlakesberg Captured on Film: 1978-2008 features 126 images, including Red Hot Chili Peppers, David Bowie, Neil Young, BB King, Soundgarden, Carlos Santana and Tom Petty. WORDS TO LIVE BY, from rock photographer Jay Blakesberg, showcased at the Morris Museum through Feb. You can see what a long, strange, wondrous trip it’s been, on display at the Morris Museumin Morris Township through Feb. Jay Blakesberg has spent most of his life photographing rockers and rappers and punks and pop stars.Īnd, in a category all its own, The Grateful Dead.
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