The stocky, pugnacious Marshall was best known for his iconic pictures of such rockers as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and the Rolling Stones. Probably his most famous single shot was of Johnny Cash giving a one-fingered salute to the camera during a 1969 concert at San Quentin Prison; he frequently complained that he never received a penny from the much-bootlegged image.
Born in Chicago Marshall moved to San Francisco with his family at age 2o. He bought his first Leica camera as a teenager. His earliest work was of jazzmen like John Coltrane and Thelonious Monk. He also shot the 1964 Newport Folk Festival.
In 1966, he gained exclusive access to what proved to be the Beatles' final concert at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. The following year, he brought a memorable gallery back from the Monterey Pop Festival. His pictures of Bay Area acts like the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane and Santana received exposure in national mags.
Marshall shot more than 500 album covers, including the Allman Bros.' “At Fillmore East."
He continued to work into the new millennium, photographing stars from John Mayer to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Marshall's books include “Tomorrow Never Knows: The Beatles' Last Concert," “Not Fade Away," “Jazz," “Proof," “Trust" and a recently published collaboration with photographer Timothy White, “Match Prints." He had been scheduled to appear Wednesday at a New York event celebrating the latter work's publication.
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