Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg, Back to Back, London, 1966
© Michael Cooper

Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg, Back to Back, London, 1966

Photograph
By Michael Cooper
About the image

Brian Jones in a pin striped suit and Anita Pallenberg in a striped minidress pose back-to-back. Terry Southern recalls when this image was taken in The Early Stones (Hyperion, 1992), saying, "I recall the circumstanes of this photograph, which is one of his very first pictures of them. It was at Robert's and they were gambolling about the place, as young lovers are wont, and Michael blazing away with his Nikon, when they came to a momentary stop in the middle of the room; and Robert, lolling in his big Eames, rasied his head with a mischievous twinkle and said, "well now, Brian, you must let the girl know how you truly feel about her!" whereupon Brian, with typical randy cheekiness, had gingerly tickled the palm of her hand with the tip of his finger--resulting in probably the best, most characteristically animated photograph ever taken on the legendary Anita Pallenberg."

Release Notes:
Michael Cooper passed away in 1973 leaving a massive personal and professional archive of negatives shot going back to the mid 1960s. Very few, if any photographs had been printed in a commercial fomat by that time, so there are no signed versions available for sale. 

The Michael Cooper Estate has released museum-quality limited editions in several sizes and made them available for collectors.

Collector's Notes:
The Michael Cooper Estate photographs are printed to order, so please allow 2-4 weeks for delivery. Each photograph will be numbered and marked by the estate.

Buyers will receive a certificate of authenticity following delivery of their photograph.

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Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg, Back to Back, London, 1966
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