Bob Marley (The Wailers) by Jill Furmanovsky

Holed up in a rented apartment in London. I deleted his spliff from my pictures in case it got him into trouble later, but you can see it in his expression.

Taking pictures quickly in hotel rooms was one of the skills a rock photographer had to master. We didn't take assistants or lighting other than a flash gun, and our status was lower then than that of the journalists. Known as 'snappers', we had to snap quickly! We therefore became expert at making the best of available light. Bob has his head held back in my picture because the ceiling light was my main light source.

Edition 30/30/30 is Jill Furmanovsky’s founding edition for Rockarchive and is Exclusive to Rockarchive.

It was conceived in 1998 to celebrate her 30 Years as a rock photographer. The edition consists of 30 images made from the original negatives* on museum quality silver gelatin fibre paper, in an edition of 30.

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of Rockarchive  Jill has added 10 digital fine art prints to Edition 30/30/30. This enables customers to order extra large prints from this classic collection. Prints are numbered 1-10.

*Roger Daltrey of The Who is made from a 5x4 copy negative as the original was lost.