In Berlin, Wolman sold his first photo essay — pictures and text — for publication, a story about life behind the then-new Berlin Wall.
From Germany, he moved to California to continue his career as a photojournalist. After his service, Wolman relocated to Los Angeles, where he produced ballet productions his wife, Juliana, was a dancer and shot publicity photos for his first music act, the Kingston Trio folk band.
But the air quality in Los Angeles bothered him and Juliana, and after 18 months, they headed north to San Francisco.
Gleason, and others. Wenner, who told him of their plans to start a serious, journalistically minded music and culture magazine. I wanted portraits with elegance and style, and Baron had that. He set the look for Rolling Stone. Wolman jumped at the chance. You wanna be our photographer? As they came out of the press conference, they were so high — on a natural high — over the message they were giving. So on the stoop, you see them laughing and flipping the bird and this whole gun thing between Jerry and Pigpen.
I was slightly worried they were going to do me bodily harm. At 30, Wolman was older than most of the Rolling Stone staffers and preferred to watch NFL games and attend roller derby matches over getting stoned. He learned to fly and bought his own Cessna aircraft. In he founded Squarebooks Publishing, which specialised in high-quality illustrated books, and was photographer for the Oakland Raiders NFL football team.
His marriage to Juliana ended in divorce in He died following complications related to motor neurone disease. He became the magazine's first chief photographer and helped launch the magazine to its iconic status. Wolman was born on June 25, , in Columbus, Ohio. He graduated from Northwestern University, where he studied philosophy. Wolman's professional photographic career began while he was stationed with U.
Army military intelligence in Berlin. While in Berlin he sold his first photographic essay, images of life behind the then-new Berlin Wall.
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