THE BAND
My first real job in Hollywood was to photograph Bob Dylan's back-up band, The Band, for Bob Cato and A&M Records. Cato was a protégé of
Alexey Brodovitch at the Design Laboratory, an advanced invitation-only New York think tank, training graphic designers including Marvin Israel
and photographers including Richard Avedon and Diane Arbus. Cato had a portfolio drop-off policy for photographers. That seemed like the kiss
of death so I wrote him a letter explaining why he should see me. Convinced, he met me, saw GUEST REGISTER, and hired me on the spot.
He asked when I could schedule The Band session and I said, "three weeks." I was nervous. With someone like Cato, one who is used to a
New York Minute, three weeks is an eternity. I did the session five days later. Job #001.