Mar
25th
Thank you Mr. Marshall
In the fall of 2008, during a meeting at Rolling Stone in New York City, I had the pleasure of meeting Jim Marshall. Jim was in town to speak at NYU for a film screening about Johnny Cash at San Quentin, and showed up unannounced carrying his Leica. I appreciated him not only for his massive body of work, but for his extremely humble personality and his very presence in the room. Jim Marshall had a commanding presence and a firm handshake, and I feel lucky to have met him that day. As the meeting concluded, he followed the goodbye with “Look me up in the phone book when you get back to San Francisco- I’m listed. Call me and you can come by my house and we can talk some more.” What I will always remember, is that Jim Marshall was very eager to share his experience of success with a student trying to earn his own.
Jim Marshall 1936-2010