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Photographer Lynn Goldsmith on decades spent shooting rockstars

All-access rock photographer Lynn Goldsmith on decades of making, not taking, amazing backstage images.
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Want to see some of Lynn Goldsmith's stunning images? Continue to the bottom of this post to explore a gallery of highlights. 

Jian speaks with  Lynn Goldsmith, an all-access photographer who has spent decades shooting compelling portraits, high-powered action shots and revealing backstage images of stars like Frank Zappa, Michael Jackson and Patti Smith -- to name only a few. 

Goldsmith shares lively anecdotes from her new collection, Rock and Roll Stories, explains why she's "not anybody's fan", and notes that she doesn't take pictures -- she  makes pictures. 

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Lynn Goldsmith's eye-popping portrait of Michael Jackson (Lynn Goldsmith)
"I don't really see anybody as ordinary," she says, adding that photographs are reflection of how the person behind the lens perceives their subject.

The following images are selections from Rock and Roll Stories, posted her with permission of the photographer.

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