Karl Ferris is an English photographer and designer, best known as the principal innovator of 'psychedelic' photography. A photographer to the 'British Rock Elite' - Eric Clapton, Cream, Donovan, The Hollies and Jimi Hendrix - Ferris was invited, as a style consultant and their personal photographer, to help create their public images. He was given an insider's access to the 'Experience' that helped define the look of the 1960s and influence youth culture and lifestyles worldwide.
Karl Ferris specialised in album covers and shot the covers of Hendrix’s 'Are You Experienced' album and Donovan's 'A Gift From a Flower to a Garden' box set. He took some of the most unforgettable photographs of the 1960’s including eight album covers in 1967, as well as being commissioned to do a multitude of prominent concert posters and magazine features. He also received the compliment of a lifetime when Hendrix remarked to him, on seeing his portfolio, “You’re doing with photography what I’m doing with music – going far out beyond the limits.”
Famed shot for The Jimi Hendrix Experience's 'Electric Ladyland' gatefold double album cover taken at Karl Ferris's London studio
Psychedelic Jimi Hendrix portrait taken in London in June 1967. This image was a promotional photograph for the single 'Can You See Me'.
Iconic shot of Jimi Hendrix used on the right hand side of the gatefold double album cover for his classic 'Electric Ladyland'.
This portrait image was illustrated onto The Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Axis Bold As Love" album cover
The most famous Jimi Hendrix album cover shot created for 'Are You Experienced' - often regarded as the greatest debut album
Halo portrait of Jimi Hendrix taken during the 'Are You Experienced' photo sessions in London, 1967
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Led Zeppelin performing at Madison Square Garden, New York, USA 1977.
Contact sheet of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers photographed at Hyde Park, London in 1991
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