Photos of Jimi Hendrix, the Grateful Dead, the Who, and Janis Joplin everything this comes from Baron Wolman, original photographer of Rolling Stone magazine.

Baron Wolman was the first chief photographer of Rolling Stone.

Wolman grew up in Columbus, Ohio, studied philosophy at Northwestern University in Chicago, learned German at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California, and then did a tour with military intelligence in West Berlin.

In Berlin, Wolman sold his first photo essay for publication, a story about life behind the then-new Berlin Wall. From Germany he moved to California to continue his career as a photo journalist.

After meeting Jann Wenner, the founder of Rolling Stone, Wolman became the publication’s first chief photographer and remained so for three years. These photos remain icons of the late-60s rock music scene.