BOB DYLAN
The Neverending Tour
by Paolo Brillo
The Neverending Tour
by Paolo Brillo
"Bob Dylan is the greatest American songwriter of the 20th Century. I began listening to Dylan’s music at the age of fifteen. Initially I was inspired by his music, and then I was fascinated by his incredible lyrics. Dylan has managed to blend music and literature together in a way that no other artist has been able to do and he understood immediately what music and literature could do to the human soul and mind" Paolo Brillo
"In my personal experience Bob Dylan is certainly the most difficult artist to photograph, first because often the intensity of the light during his concerts is low second because the controls are really tough. It’s known, he doesn’t like photographers but I try to do all I can to respect him and respect the audience during the concert. I know Dylan's concert setlist by heart and I know exactly when to shoot, I mean the moment when the light is the best; this allows me to limit the shots and the risk of being seen by security by concentrating the shooting only during a couple of songs. After I’ve been to more than 70 Dylan shows I know how his security is organized and how it moves and I pay the utmost attention to what happens in the hall to understand if It’s the right moment to shoot or not." Paolo Brillo
"It would take too many pages to explain why Bob Dylan is so special to me and that's why I summarize it all in one word, he is genius! What does “genius” mean? Listen to his last album “Rough and Rowdy Ways”! When many in the world of music had counted Bob Dylan down and out, he has been able to deliver an album of such quality and depth that vaults him both to the top of the charts and the critically acclaimed list" Paolo Brillo
"The first time I photographed Dylan was in 1984 at his first concert at the Arena di Verona. I was 23 at the time and Infidels, the record produced by Mark Knopfler, had just come out. Since then I have seen and photographed him several times, especially in the last decade. I had been dreaming of the idea of publishing a book dedicated to Bob Dylan for several years" Paolo Brillo
We hope you have enjoyed Paolo Brillo's wonderful Bob Dylan photographs taken over 30 years of the Never Ending Tour. Images in this exhibition and from Paolo's book 'Bob Dylan: No Such Thing As Forever' are available from Rockarchive as fine art prints. For more details shop our collection below or email us at info@rockarchive.com
Bob Dylan performing onstage at the Salzburgarena, Salzburg, Austria in July 2012 as part of his Never Ending Tour.
Bob Dylan performing live onstage at the Royal Albert Hall in London in November 2013.
Bob Dylan and his band at the end of the second of three shows in London at Royal Albert Hall on November 26, 2013.
Bob Dylan striking an Elvis-like pose whilst onstage at the Arena di Verona in April 2018
Bob Dylan and his band performing in 2014 at Beacon Theatre in New York.
"Oh, the streets of Rome are filled with rubble" Bob Dylan live at Terme di Caracalla, Rome 2015, one of the world's most beautiful venues
Bob Dylan performing in the South Tyrol town of Merano, Italy in 1992.
Bob Dylan captured by Paolo Brillo during his performance at Padova, Italy in June 2010
Bob Dylan performing at the Braehead Arena, Glasgow in October 2011
The Royal Albert Hall in London October 2015, Bob Dylan is onstage during one of his five sold out concerts at the venue
Bob Dylan performing onstage in Stadhalle Furth, Germany in March 1995
Bob Dylan onstage at the picturesque archaeological site of Terme di Caracalla, Rome in June 2015
Bob Dylan performing at the medieval Castello Scaligero, Verona in July 1998
In December 2014, Bob Dylan onstage with his band at the Beacon Theatre in New York