Loretta Lynn. “Blue Kentucky Girl” 1994. by Marty Stuart. (from Photograph Magazine, May 2014.)
Paul Goldfinger. Editor, Blogfinger.net
One of my favorite photography books is by Milt Hinton the jazz bassist who photographed all the great jazz stars while he was touring or recording with them. Here is a link to our Blogfinger article about that body of work. . https://wp.me/pqmj2-mfD
Marty Stuart, from Mississippi, has been a professional country musician and song writer since he was thirteen years old. He started out with the Lester Flatt bluegrass band and later played with his ex-father in law Johnny Cash’s band.
One day, Stuart discovered Milt Hinton’s book in a Greenwich Village book store, and since then he has been photographing country music stars on the tour performing or in very personal moments.
He is now (2014) having a show of his photography at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville.
I like this black and white portrait of Loretta Lynn. (1939-2022) who was indeed a coal miner’s daughter. She was a great star of Nashville and she recorded 70 albums and has written a number of books.
This portrait captures her as an elegant and pensive woman who is famous for her blue collar country ways. Maybe she was thinking about some of those men whom she tends to sing about.
LORETTA LYNN: “Wine, Woman and Song.”