The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan

Don Hunstein – Bob Dylan and Suze Rotolo

This beautiful, evocative portrait of Bob Dylan and his (then) squeeze, Suze Rotolo, was taken by Don Hunstein in Manhattan on a freezing cold afternoon in February 1963. This was one of the session photographs Don took for the cover of Dylan’s second album, The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan.

It is not the actual cover shot—there are subtle differences with the actual cover image. See how the components come together: Bob and Suze curving towards each other trying to keep warm, Bob dead centre, the vanishing point disappearing off into the distance behind him, with the lines of the rooftops, the cars, and the VW van pulling your eyes towards the middle and heightening the sense of perspective. Look at the buildings with their copper-blue tone and the way they blend into the sky, seemingly scorched by the sun.

We have a signed and numbered framed example (framed dimensions 26 x 27 inches) in stock.

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