Jim Marshall

James Joseph Marshall (February 3, 1936 – March 24, 2010) Earning the trust of his subjects, he had extended access to them both on and off-stage. Marshall was the official photographer for the Beatles' final concert in San Francisco's Candlestick Park, and he was head photographer at Woodstock.

Early life Marshall was born on February 3, 1936, in Chicago, Illinois, to Assyrian parents from Iran. His family moved to San Francisco, California, when he was two years old, but soon after that, his father left Marshall and his mother. Marshall also photographed jazz musicians such as Thelonious Monk, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis.

Other photographic assignments included shooting the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 for Autoweek and the 2007 introduction of the Nissan GT-R.

Personal life Marshall's forceful personality became something of a celebrity of its own. Folger was murdered, in 1969, by followers of Charles Manson.

Marshall lived in San Francisco, but he died in New York City while on a trip during which he was scheduled to speak in SoHo. He was 74 at the time of his death.

In 1978, Jim Marshall gave Ginger Kraus, a close friend, a photo from his shoot with Grace Slick and Janis Joplin, the only time they were photographed together. On Ginger's 28th birthday, Jim gifted her the shot of Grace sticking her tongue out inches from Janis's face. The rest of this collection was for sale at a gallery on Geary St. in San Francisco as of 2017. The shot owned by Ginger has never been seen by the public.

Publications Monterey Pop (1992) Not Fade away: The Rock and Roll Photography of Jim Marshall (1997) Proof (2004) Jim Marshall: Jazz (2005) Trust (2009) Pocket Cash (2010) The Rolling Stones 1972 (2012) The Haight: Love, Rock, and Revolution (2014) Jazz Festival (2016) Peace (2017) Cash at Folsom and San Quentin (2018) Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture (2018) The Grateful Dead by Jim Marshall: Photos and Stories from the Formative Years, 1966–1977 (2025)

Awards 2004: Outstanding Achievement In Music Photography, Lucie Awards 2014: Posthumously given a Trustees Award (part of the Lifetime Achievement Awards) at the 56th Grammy Awards, the first and only photographer, as of 2014, to receive one

Films about Marshall Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall (2019) – documentary directed by Alfred George Bailey