Société Bic produced what has become a classic print advertisement in 2004, featuring a woman carrying the signature of Jimi Hendrix, the guitarist legend who died in 1970.
Credits
The Jimi Hendrix Signature shot was developed at TBWA\Paris by creative director Erik Vervroegen, art directors Nick Hine and Jake Rusznyak, and photographer Garry Simpson.
“I didn’t want someone who looked like a grandmother,” said Simpson in an interview with Photoserve. “We were looking for a model with a sense of individualism who hadn’t lost her sense of adventure. It is a really great simple idea, so the casting was really important.” The woman was shot in a house in North London. Minimal retouching was done in post-production. Ironically the only part of the image which was enhanced in Photoshop was the signature. The wrinkles are as they appear in real life.
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awesome. bic. hendrix. funny but makes me wanna get the ol’ mp3 player out, and jam.
i do not know if this true pity that they do not the ass
what does that even mean??
Great idea.The photo is amazing.Love it.
whoever wrote the credits, talking about how you didnt want it to be some old grandmother is foolish, that was her time era, she is part of history, she has or had something that no little model your ever going to find has. how can you be so low as to criticize that woman for being old, she was there and you werent
AMEN!! I thought the same thing when I read that ignorant sentence.
Lindsay I think you’ve missed the point. The quote about “not looking like a grandmother” is not a comment from The Inspiration Room, it’s quoting the photographer Garry Simpson. Simpson, I suspect, was looking for someone who was able to demonstrate a sense of wild living. It’s not about age. It’s about image.
i agree
Niceee! this gave me the idea to get this done when im 18:)