Patti Smith taking a nap with her first electric guitar, a Fender Duo-Sonic, photo Lynn Goldsmith 1976
Patti Smith, New York City 1976. Photo Lynn Goldsmith.“Patti liked people to think she was androgynous. She liked them to think she was bisexual. She liked them to think she did drugs. She was one of the straightest people I knew. She’d make sure her boyfriend’s laundry was done before she did a show. All she ever really wanted was a guy who she believed was an angel, then she’d support him with every ounce of energy she had.”
- Lynn Goldsmith
The Beatles, Miami Beach, 1964.
I remember lots of light flashes, but all I could see was their feet. There, on a wondrous carpet background, a river of light and dark swirls, were the most amazing shoes I’d ever seen. I took one shot. John Lennon said, “Don’t you want our faces?” I looked at him, smiled and shook my head “no.” He winked. I think he understood I got just what I wanted. - Lynn Goldsmith
