John Cohen

John Cohen (b. 1932, New York City) is a photographer, filmmaker and musician. He has been making photographs since 1954 and documented historical moments of the New York art and music scene, the Beat Generation and the economic crisis in Kentucky. He photographed Bob Dylan and Muddy Waters, traveled to Peru and made photo series on the traditional music scene in the Andes and Appalachia. His photographs have been shown at the Brooklyn Museum, The Photo Eye Gallery, Santa Fe, and the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, amongst others.