Rolling Stone (The Photographs)

is an American fashion photographer who worked for many different fashion magazines, most notably Interview and Vogue. Meisel also contributed photos for album and single covers, including Madonna's „Like a Virgin“ and Mariah Carey's „Daydream.“ During his career he shot for Versace, Valentino and Dolce & Gabbana models including Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell and Christy Turlington, among others.

is an American portrait photographer best known for her engaging portraits, particularly of celebrities. Leibovitz's Polaroid photo of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, taken five hours before Lennon's murder, is considered one of Rolling Stone magazine's most famous cover photographs. The Library of Congress declared her a Living Legend, and she is the first woman to have a feature exhibition at Washington's National Portrait Gallery.

was an American photographer, best known for his work in the late 1960s for the music magazine Rolling Stone, becoming the magazine’s first chief photographer from 1967 until late 1970. In this period, his photographs of Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Iggy Pop, Pink Floyd, Bob Dylan, Phil Spector, Jim Morrison, Ike & Tina Turner and other musicians became the graphic centerpieces of Rolling Stone’s layout.

In 1967, his picture of Tina Turner at a concert at the hungry-i club made it on the cover of the second issue of Rolling Stone, which made Tina the very first woman on the cover of this magazine:

„Tina Turner was appearing at the hungry-i in San Francisco when I took the Issue No. 2 photograph. The stage was only three feet high and the small round table at which I was sitting was so close to Ike and Tina and the Ikettes that I could see the drops of sweat on their necks and faces.“

is an American celebrity photographer, who created iconic images of such artists as Michael Jackson, Madonna, David Bowie, Beyoncé and Nirvana. Over the past 25 years his work was published in countless magazines, books, exhibitions, and ad campaigns. He also became the preferred concert photographer for U2, Elton John, Prince, and Sting. Kevin photographed also Tina several times and some photos were used in the December issue of the German Rolling Stone magazine in 1999.

is an American artist, photographer and creative director. Born in Los Angeles, Rolston studied painting, drawing, photography and filmmaking. While still a student, he received an assignment from American artist Andy Warhol for his celebrity focused Interview magazine. Thereafter, he began a successful career in photography, shooting covers and editorial assignments for Rolling Stone, as well as for other publications such as Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Vanity Fair. He has completed thousands of photoshoots in his career, including over 100 covers for Rolling Stone magazine. The cover of the October issue in 1986 was taken from a photo session with Tina Turner the same year, while other pictures were used for the Break Every Rule tourbook.

is an American photographer who taught herself how to use a camera while working at Fred Segal in Hollywood. When she started taking headshots for her actor and model coworkers, a career as a photographer was born. In the 30 years since then, Peggy has photographed some of the most famous personalities in the world and her portraits have graced the covers of Vanity Fair, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Vogue and many others. In 1994 she started also directing television commercials.

The Rolling Stone magazine 'Women of Rock' issue from November 13, 1997 featured Madonna, Courtney Love and Tina Turner with a photo from Peggy Sirota on it’s cover:

„I think I can speak for all of us that were lucky enough to have worked on this historic cover!! 3 ICONS in the house, excitement and nervous energy filled the studio…pinch yourself feelings!!! At times it felt chaotic and like we were in this ‘coordination pressure cooker’ hoping to have everyone ready at the same time. Tina was the calm in the storm, she was relaxed, incredibly humble, respectful of everyone, she was beautiful, and so happy to be there, she was full of life and love…a really exceptional person! We had star studded glam and wardrobe teams and I’ll always remember the wall to wall racks of clothes ( literally like a department store ) I can’t even explain the feeling of anxiety and anticipation I felt for the four to five hours of wait time til they were all ready. I’m pretty sure the 3 women didn’t see each other until they walked in front of the camera. That moment was magic!!!“

was an American photographer, hired as a photojournalist by Rolling Stone magazine where he captured shots of the Rolling Stones in the recording studio as well as from Joni Mitchell and Iggy Pop at music festivals and many other musicians. Following this early success, he expanded into fashion photography and fine art and became a television producer.

One of the pictures from Robert Altman’s photo session at the Gold Rush Festival in 1969 made it on the November issue of the Rolling Stone cover. The same picture was also used for the book „Rolling Stone: The Complete Covers 1967 - 1997“ as one of several alternative cover pictures.

„Robert Altman captured sex-on-heels dynamo Tina Turner unleashing her primal rock intensity in a revealing macramé skirt and bikini top in 1969.“ 

was an American fashion photographer and director, known for his photographs of celebrities, models and others in the 1980s and 1990s. His work concentrated on black and white photography and portraits, often in the style of classical Greek sculptures.

After he photographed Brooke Shields for the cover of Elle, Olivia Newton-John for her „Physical“ album and Madonna for her album „True Blue, „he started to work for the first time with Tina Turner for her album Break Every Rule in 1986. Since then, he was responsible for the cover pictures for Foreign Affair in 1989 (only center picture), Simply The Best in 1991, What’s Love Got To Do With It in 1993 and again for Tina’s last studio album Twenty Four Seven in 1999. He also directed the wonderful music video for Way Of The World in black and white and he photographed the cover picture for Tina’s first biography I, Tina in 1986.

is a Swiss artist, filmmaker, fashion and portrait photographer. He started his career as an art restorer, specializing in contemporary artworks such as Andy Warhol and Yves Klein. In 1979, he was discovered by Karl Lagerfeld who gave him his first international assignment for Chloé and later Chanel. He became well-known for his work with magazines like Vogue and Interview and has worked with brands such as Dolce & Gabbana, BMW and Ferrari amongst others.

In 1993, he photographed Tina Turner with clothes from Jean Paul Gaultier, Karl Lagerfeld, Armani, Bob Mackie and Michael Schmidt for the special 'Turns It On‘, published in the May issue of the Vanity Fair magazine. One picture from this session was later used for the cover of the German tribute edition of Rolling Stone magazine in 2023.