Jim Anderson's photographs of
The Grateful Dead

Jim Anderson first trained his cameras on The Grateful Dead in Springfield on June 30th 1974. And, as the Music, never stopped.
From that day, up to and beyond the last show with Jerry Garcia in Chicago on July 9th 1995, his photos cover the spectrum
from close-ups of the Band, concert lighting & stage design, and us Deadheads who carry the tradition.

Note: I am retiring this URL as the landing page for Jim Anderson's Grateful Dead Photos. This page will become more or less a site map page.
So in the future please link to the new Grateful Dead Photos Home page: www.photog.com/grateful-dead-photos.html
For now I am keeping this page live with the old style and information until all links to here can be moved to that new URL.

35 Years Ago - The Band, The Show and The Park, all Legends
Click this link for some of my photos from Roosevelt 1976


 

Gallery addition: 6 never or rarely seen shots from the
Saratoga Performing Arts Center 24 June 1984

Brendon Byrne Arena March 31 & April 1,1988
as featured in Road Trips Vol. 4 No. 2

Fine Art Giclée Prints - Signed Photographs

Find your Grateful Dead Concert Photos by Decade
The 70's | The 80's | The 90's | The 00's | The 10's
The
Images illustrated on this site are available as Fine Art Photo Prints for your personal collection and gifts
Click here for information regarding Print Purchases

Special prices are still in effect on all lab production concert photography
Purchase Prints and Products online directly from the galleries using Paypal - Artists such as: Yes, Clapton, Furthur, Marley, etc.

I can't take requests on demand to scan old concert film photography on the chance I might have something you like.
When it comes a time that I find a few extra hours to scan your requested show I will post it on the web and contact you

Requests for images from my film archives for use in major publications will be tendered.
As always there are fees for research time, image scanning & post-production.


Campground Jam .Guitars out, laying back on a hog in Oxford Maine 1988
Fun Fotos from Oxford Maine, 1988 on the 4th of July Weekend

 
For more information, go to www.furthur.net




Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip Image of Roosevelt '76
Seventy seven of Jim Anderson's photos are peppered throughout Grateful Dead The Illustrated Trip
Originally published in 2003, this book is the historic record of the Dead scene. Many thanks & kudos to the fine folks at DK Publishing, Maria Gibbs and Victoria Clark, who worked long and tireless hours in its production. The Illustrated Trip is now out of print and has become very collectable. Click on the link and check out Amazon for used and new copies.

This web site, started in 1999, is always a work in progress.

Jim Anderson's archive holds thousands of photos starting in the mid 1970's, throughout the '80's, with ton's of lighting design shots from the '90's. And not to forget, the 00's and now the 10's. Also, there are lots of cool shots of the Dead scene, not just the band and stage. What began as a fun endeavor stemming from Jim's professional photography career, being a Deadhead and early taper, turned into a lifelong project to document this extraordinary cultural phenomena somewhere along the road.

Over time, a great deal of photography was shot specifically for good friend Candace Brightman, long time lighting designer for the Grateful Dead. Candace has her own company, Animated Architecture, and has done beautiful work lighting Phil & Friends, the '96 Olympic Village, The Dead tours in the 00's and Widespread Panic.

Jim Anderson's Dead photos have been seen in Dupree's Diamond News, DDN's Jerry Garcia Tribute, on VH1's Grateful Dead Legend's Series, in the
Deadheads Taping Compendium, Entertainment Weekly, Lighting Dimensions Magazine, Performance Magazine, and the following:

Formerly The Warlocks: Hampton VA 1989
Grateful Dead To Terrapin: Hartford, May 28, 1977
Grateful Dead '01 Vault release - Nightfall of Diamonds
Grateful Dead - Dick's Picks No's:  12   13   15   17   25   29  &  34
Bob Minkin - Art Designer and photography for Dick's Picks and GD DVD's
Anne Ramsey Cutler - Gekographics - Designer for Dick's Picks and Vault CD Art
'VH1 Legends: The Grateful Dead' Originally aired August 1995 - all reference removed from their site, ohwell
The 2003 Grateful Dead Calendar features several of Jim's photos
RIP: Heads Magazine - Canada
 Japan Times - Feature Article on Bob Weir in Japan

(385K PDF file (used with permission)

My Last Photo ever at a Grateful Dead Concert - 9 July 1995 (95gdc19-37)

The Fireworks Finale
Soldiers Field 9 July 1995

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updating this site when I can find free time