Art & Iconic Rock Collide in Bridgehampton, East Hampton

By Kevin Berlin

“I followed the music to get the peak shots. I watched the whole show through the viewfinder to get the special moments.”

These days, he transforms his iconic images—which cemented his place in rock photography royalty—into mixed media works, which are currently on view in “The Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” an exhibit split between the White Room Gallery in Bridgehampton and Karyn Mannix’s new East Hampton gallery, The Studio. Mr. Joester said he considers himself lucky to have lived through the golden age. For those who didn’t, they are left with classic photos to help them imagine what that time was like and, in some cases, create derivative art from them.

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