ALAN MESSER
Grammy award winner, Alan Messer has been photographing musicians for five decades. His career started at sixteen in 1967, working from Dezo Hoffmann's London studio as a freelance and staff photographer for the Record Mirror, pop magazine.
During the 70s, Alan was the resident Old Grey Whistle Test photographer (BBC TV), a tour Photographer for Iggy Pop and Deep Purple, and photographed many visiting touring American bands/artists, in his London studio or on the road. Excited by America and it's music, Alan moved to Nashville in 1978 to open a studio, photographing legendary artists like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Waylon Jennings.
Staff Picks
Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash, Hendersonville Roller Rink, Tennessee - 1987
Johnny rented the roller rink for a private party to celebrate Shooter Jennings becoming his godson.. Printed and signed by photographer, Alan Messer.
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Signed fine art photograph of Keith Richards, taken by Alan Messer in Memphis on the Rolling Stones Voodoo Lounge Tour in 1995.
Alan recalls : “I was given three and a half minutes backstage during the ‘Voodoo Lounge’ tour. Within five minutes the Stones were on stage. It had been twenty-five years since I had last photographed Keith in his London office before the 1968 Hyde Park concert. Time waits for no one! We got the cover and a photo feature. It was the biggest selling issue of RayGun magazine.”
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Guy Clark by Alan Messer, taken Backstage in the band room visiting his Texas compadres, Robert Earl Keen, Terry Allen and Joe Ely after their show at the City Winery, Nashville, November 2014.
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Framing is available for prints in this collection . Click HERE for more information on how to add framing to your print order
ALAN MESSER Print Information
Archival Giclée print on Epson Exhibition Fiber Paper (325 gsm weight) using archival inks. Alan Messer prints at Modern Rocks Gallery are open edition and signed by the photographer.
Available in the following sizes:
8” x 10” - open edition
13” x 19” - open edition
17” x 22” - open edition
20” x 30” - edition 25
30” x 40” - edition 15
NOTE: Measurements quoted are paper size, with the printed image being slightly smaller to create a natural border to house the photographer’s signature.