SOUL SURVIVORS: THE ROLLING STONES ‘EXILE’ AND BEYOND
Image: 'Stones Onstage 1972', by Ethan Russell
Soul Survivors: The Rolling Stones ‘Exile’ & Beyond is an ambitious collection of photographs documenting The Rolling Stones from their infamous tour in 1969, which was marred by violence at Altamont and 1972’s tour after the release of album Exile On Main Street.
Captured by Dominique Tarle, a French photographer known for his association with the group and established rock photographer Ethan Russell, who took thousands of images. Some of these images are now exhibited in Australia for the very first time at the hip and trendy Blender Gallery in Paddington.
Ethan Russell says, “The viewer is able to be with them from the intimacy of the creative to the launch on the road. This experience, this template, is something the Rolling Stones have done their entire careers. Amid the chaos, it is the architecture within which they live their lives. Soul Survivors is a remarkable look at one slice of that.”
The photographs intimately capture the chaos and euphoria of the British rock band in their golden age. (LK)
Until Feb 1, Blender Gallery, 16 Elizabeth St, Paddington, free, 9380 7080, blender.com.au
BY LYNDSAY KENWRIGHT
