Are You Experienced Back Cover

This archival inkjet print shows the back cover photograph from the famous Jimi Hendrix album cover shot for Are You Experienced, often regarded as the greatest debut album of all time. The print was produced and published by Karl Ferris, who was personal photographer to Hendrix.

This famous ‘Group Halo’ shot was taken in Ferris’ Hampstead Studio in London in 1967. After seeing Hendrix with his hair combed away from the scalp, Ferris requested that Jimi wear it that way during the photo shoot. Hendrix’s girlfriend, Kathy Etchingham, trimmed his hair to improve its symmetry, forming an afro. Redding and Mitchell liked Hendrix’s new hairstyle, so Ferris hired a hairdresser to style their hair in a similar fashion and so that became the basis of the whole look for that ‘Experience’ era.

This print tells that story without the need for words.

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