Herb Greene (photographer)

Herb Greene
Born1942
Indio, Riverside County, California, U.S.
Other namesHerbie Greene
EducationCity College of San Francisco,
San Francisco State University
OccupationPhotographer

Herb “Herbie” Greene (born 1942) is an American photographer known for his portraits of musicians and bands from San Francisco's counterculture in the 1960s and 1970s.[1] Many of his images were published by Rolling Stone, by record labels, and in books. Greene's photographed subjects include the Grateful Dead, Janis Joplin, Grace Slick, Led Zeppelin, Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, The Pointer Sisters, Carlos Santana, and Sly Stone.[2][3]

  1. ^ "'Acid Age' exhibit stirs nostalgia". Centre Daily Times. June 26, 1987. p. 23. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  2. ^ Alexandra, Rae (February 27, 2023). "Herb Greene's Photography Offers Much More Than Music Legends". KQED. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
  3. ^ Peterson, Christian A. (2007). San Francisco Psychedelic. Minneapolis Institute of Arts. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-912964-96-6.