About

Arnie Goodman began his photography career with years of invaluable preparation. After seeing John Lee Hooker in 1966, he began collecting records—in the days when cover art was art—and opened a chain of record stores which became a destination for record collectors around the world, including many artists. Friendships forged with collectors led to managing artists themselves, and Goodman travelled the world with Savoy Brown, Mick Taylor (Bluesbreakers and Rolling Stones), Robert Gordon, Dick Heckstall-Smith (Graham Bond Organisation) and Peter Green (Fleetwod Mac), among others.

In 2005, Goodman co-founded Elmore Magazine, and, drawing on his countless contacts in music, again broadened his scope. With Elmore’s focus on a wide spectrum of American genres and access to the design, print and photography fields, Goodman began photographing a broad range of artists at a professional level across the US and Canada—artists including Keith Richards, Robert Plant, Ringo Starr, Graham Nash, Buddy Guy, Leo Lyons (Ten Years After), The Royal Southern Brotherhood, Jeff Beck, Ginger Baker, Carlos Santana, Mick Taylor, Jack Bruce, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton, Joe Walsh, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks, the Allman Brothers, Gov’t Mule—plus a catalogue of young artists, some of whom will join the list of icons. Goodman developed personal relationships with artists who often invite him to take candid photos, and with every image, tell their stories. With an extraordinary gift for capturing the moment, Goodman’s photos seize music’s visual high points and preserve them for all time.

Today, 15 years later, Arnie Goodman’s prints hang in music museums, clubs and artists’ homes around the world, and his work has appeared frequently not only in Elmore, but in publications such as The London Times, Rolling Stone, Mojo, Vintage Guitars, Classic Rock, The Blues, Blues Matters, The Audiophile Voice, Goldmine, Blues Blast, Blues Revue, Big City Blues, and The Blues Music Award’s program. He has shot more than 40 album covers and official posters for artists ranging from guitarist Les Paul (the inventor of the electric guitar and multi-tracking among other things) to Richie Havens, Joe Bonamassa, The Yardbirds, John Mayall and Ten Years After. The Iridium Club, in Times Square, home to Les Paul, has an ongoing exhibit of Goodman photos.