Paul McCartney

This was a shot that graced 30 magazine covers worldwide including Time magazine -- and it almost didn't happen. McCartney's "Wings" tour had just landed in Texas and two of the tour publicists, who were friends of mine, asked me to join the opening concerts, obviously at the very last minute. They said that I would not have to get any of my shots approved and would be the first to get photos of the tour out to the press. The tour had two official photographers but all of their photos had to be approved by a huge bureaucracy of people that surrounded McCartney, a process that took about two weeks. After the last show, I immediately flew back to New York, sent the film to the labs and called every magazine with an office in New York (which was every magazine). Time magazine dropped their planned art rendition cover and used my photo to on the cover, a photo illustrated cover by Peter Max. This was one of the many backstage shots I did. 

Plus-X       125ASA      1/60sec.      f/5.6     35mm lens   Flash on camera