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Born in 1947 just outside London, Putland took up photography at the age of 9. He was a portrait photographer and photojournalist most noted for his extensive archive of photographs of musicians and other famous subjects. His later work was more directed to photographing classical musicians, as well
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photographer, with his photojournalism and commercial advertising work. After Curtin returned to his adopted home in Canada, Putland set up as a photographer in his own right, and in 1969 he and a friend rented their own photographic studio. By 1971, he was the official photographer for the
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and this led to a long-term relationship with the Stones. Some of his best-selling images come from this period of close association with the band; as an example, his portrait of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh with a grinning, boyish Mick Jagger nestled between them.
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that set him out on the varied road of music photography by giving him his very first shoot. Other images that have become iconic and were shot for
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Putland left school at 16 and began working in a photographic studio in London. From 1965 to 1967 he assisted Walter Curtin, a
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album. Putland also had photographed the original "Respectable" 1978 single cover. Also published are shots of
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