Joan Jett was my greatest photo subject. The time was 1977 and the person who gave me the “gold pass” to meet, hang and photograph Joan was the legendary Kim Fowley. Next to Joan, Kim was probably my # 2 favorite photo subject. He was tall, handsome and incredibly intelligent. One day and there were many, Kim ordered me to his “dog den” to photograph him with this lovely blonde GF. I did and the rest is history. You can visit with him today on his Facebook page. He would love to hear from you.
Chelsea Schuchman in Kim Fowley’s apartment.
There would be no teenage photographer Brad Elterman if it was not for Kim Fowley. That is a fact. He gave me access to all of his wonderful and so colorful bands. Kim believed in his talent and in me to document everything back then in 1977. I would fly off to Tokyo or Amsterdam to hock my photos and to establish connections with all of the magazines a month later The Runaways or The Orchids would have a double page in Music Life in Japan. It’s a different world today. All of those cool magazines are gone, but Kim remains, still to this day an exciting, lovable and photogenic figure in pop culture today. I took this shot of him a couple of weeks ago at his Hollywood pad. Chelsea Schuchman was there too and you can see all of the photos on Factory 77. Enjoy your Sunday.
I knew that my dream girl muse Chelsea Schuchman and Kim Fowley would hit it off on some sort of animalistic level. It was like magic! We spent hours at Kim’s Hollywood apartment and I will share with you the exclusive photos on these pages!
Vicki Razor Blade, my photo mentor Richard Creamer and the legendary Kim Fowley at Harvey Kubernik’s birthday party in Encino in 1977.
Of all the icons I photographed during the 70’s, Kim Fowley was my greatest subject!
My parents would not let me go to Japan with The Runaways back in 1977. They wanted to me stay in school at Van Nuys High so I could study for some French class. That was the biggest mistake of my life. Anyways, The Runaways went to Japan and I was stuck at home. When the band returned to L.A. I drove down to the airport with Kim Fowley and Rodney Bingenheimer to greet the girls, camera in hand of course. At the end of the day, I do not think I passed the French class so I really blew it on all levels!
