In her debut years, Bonnie Raitt rarely showed up in the Netherlands, but when she finally arrived in 1976, she took all the time to discuss her life and work with OOR magazine. The blues heroine in conversation with OOR’s then editor-in-chief Jan-Maarten de Winter, whose collection of Bonnie LPs had just been stolen from his car. It didn’t get in the way of a good conversation about the blues, the bottle, talented men and even more talented women.
During the interview, Dutch photographer Gjsbert Hanekroot took some of stunning portraits of Bonnie Raitt:
Gijsbert Hanekroot (Brussels, 1945) started his career as a photographer of rock musicians in the late 1960s. Back then, the rock scene was not quite the well-oiled machine it is today. Things still had to be invented: light installations, sound, promotion, organization, crowd control. This also applied to music journalism and photography. Almost every week, new groups were being discovered. Every single day, people were learning things and adapting them.
Hanekroot’s development as a photographer essentially ran parallel to developments in the music scene. He travelled frequently and came face to face with the music icons of that period. His photos can be divided into four categories: concert photos, studio photos, portraits and photos made at press conferences.
Gijsbert stopped being a professional photographer in 1983 and became an entrepreneur. A few years ago he began to digitize his archives. This led to the publication of Abba... Zappa Seventies Rock Photography and exhibitions in Paris, London, Moscow, Tokyo, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Munich, Belgrado and Naarden, Netherlands.
(All photos © by Gijsbert Hanekroot)
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