JIMI HENDRIX: Photos From 'Hendrix Revealed: A Life Through The Lens' VIP Reception Available

June 9, 2008

The month-long Jimi Hendrix photography exhibition at the Celebrity Vault in Beverly Hills opened with a VIP reception on Thursday, May 29 to a crowd of fans and high rollers willing to spend up to $40,000 on images of the rock legend. "Hendrix Revealed: A Life Through The Lens", with works spanning 1967-1970, was produced and curated in association with UK-based Raj Prem Fine Art Photography.

Check out photos from the opening reception at LAist.com.

The show marks the 40th anniversary of Hendrix's first U.S. tour in 1968, also the year that "Electric Ladyland", his third LP (and first #1) came out. David Montgomery's image for the U.K. cover of that album, featuring an assemblage of naked ladies, was banned in the U.S., and would likely still raise censorship ire. A signed, limited edition of that infamous image is part of Hendrix Revealed, as is Montgomery's elegantly psychedelic inner sleeve portrait of Jimi. One year prior to "Electric Ladyland"'s release, Hendrix's era-defining performance at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival propelled him to instant global fame and remains one of rock's seminal moments. Taken at that concert, Ed Caraeff's indelible image of Hendrix setting fire to his Fender Stratocaster will also be featured at Celebrity Vault.

Collectively, Hendrix Revealed encompasses over 30 works by seventeen of the world's most celebrated rock photographers, many of whom had personal and professional access to Hendrix. Among those attending the May 29 opening are Caraeff and Eddie Kramer, who was also Jimi's close friend and engineer/producer. Black-and-white and color images will range from some of the most famously iconic shots ever taken of Hendrix to largely unseen rarities, and vary in print size from 16" x 20" to the 4' x 5' large format works (including ones by Gered Mankowitz) for which Celebrity Vault is known. Edition sizes run the gamut from open to "Editions of one," says Celebrity Vault co-founder/creative director Cole Sternberg, adding, "we're excited to offer collectors pieces that are uniquely hand-finished by the photographer."

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