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This is Eibati in X, and this is The Candid Frame.

If you are of a certain generation,

the photographs that first made an impression on you

might have been published in life or look magazines. Those publications showcased some of the best

photography to ever be published, be it photojournalism, fashion, or portraiture. Many of those images still stand out to this day.

But for others, including myself, the photographs that captured our imaginations were album covers.

I will remember sitting at the foot of my dad's record player, rifling through the albums and choosing my favorites, not based on what I heard, but rather what I saw.

When music was sold on vinyl discs, the album cover was king. It was not only a way to market the music, but it was an art form onto itself.

And there were a few photographers more adept at this than Guy Webster, a photographer who

helped craft covers for the likes of the doors, the Rolling Stones, Herb Alpert, and the

Mamas and the Pappas.

Guy was of the same generation of many of the people that he photographed, whether they were rock stars or movie stars.

But despite his youth, he was savvy enough to figure out how to disarm someone and achieve the best photograph possible,

especially when faced with a notoriously rambunctious young rock group called the Rolling Stones.

First of all, I grew up in show business at movies, and I watched how directors worked,

and alone with the actor, they could get a lot more than if he's in the group.

And I watched that.

That was so interesting to me.

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