Barry Schultz
The Music Photo Gallery · Represented Photographer
34 Works ·Active since the 1970s

Barry Schultz

B. Los Angeles & Amsterdam | Rock photographer of the 1970s ·Active since the 1970s
Barry Schultz
Portrait of the photographer
Biography
Barry Schultz’s photographs form a vivid transatlantic record of 1970s rock, preserving the artists, performances, and backstage moments that shaped a generation.

Barry Schultz is a Los Angeles–born rock photographer whose archive documents the energy, access, and spontaneity of the 1970s music scene. Working between Los Angeles and Amsterdam, he photographed a generation of artists at the moment rock culture was becoming a global phenomenon.

Schultz developed his passion for music photography while working at a camera store in Los Angeles, using lunch breaks, evenings, and weekends to photograph musicians. After relocating to Amsterdam, he became an official Dutch pop photographer and worked across interviews, sound checks, concerts, parties, backstage encounters, and posed sessions.

His subjects include The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Bob Marley, Blondie, Fleetwood Mac, The Police, Tom Waits, the Eagles, Iggy Pop, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Alice Cooper, ABBA, Queen, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson, and many others. Some sessions lasted only a minute; others gave him the time to create intimate portraits beyond the stage.

Looking back, Schultz has described the period as wonderful and crazy—a time when neither the photographers nor their subjects fully realized they were recording rock history. His photographs now offer an extraordinary transatlantic record of popular music during one of its most transformative decades.

The Music Photo Gallery presents a curated selection from Barry Schultz’s archive, bringing collectors closer to the musicians, venues, and backstage moments that defined the era.

In the artist's
own words
It was a wonderful and crazy time. I had no idea that I was recording rock history.
Barry Schultz
Selected Works

From the archive.

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The Rolling Stones performing in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1973, photographed by Barry Schultz.
The Rolling Stones,  Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1973
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The Police — Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland — on a staircase in Amsterdam, 1979, photographed by Barry Schultz.
The Police,  Amsterdam, 1979 (II)
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The Police — Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland — in Amsterdam, 1979, photographed by Barry Schultz.
The Police,  Amsterdam, 1979
Barry Schultz From$600
Phil Collins performing with Genesis in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1978, photographed by Barry Schultz.
Phil Collins,  Genesis, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1978 (II)
Barry Schultz From$600
Phil Collins of Genesis performing in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 1978, photographed by Barry Schultz.
Phil Collins,  Genesis, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 1978
Barry Schultz From$600
David Bowie at the TopPop television studio, the Netherlands, 1974, photographed by Barry Schultz.
David Bowie,  TopPop Studio, 1974
Barry Schultz From$600
Selected career exhibitions & projects

Career Exhibitions & Selected Projects

A selected record of museum and gallery presentations, publications, assignments and significant projects from Barry Schultz's career.

Type
Title
Venue
Year
Group Exhibition
David Bowie
New York, Los Angeles and Maui
2018
Publications

Books

Monographs, catalogues and photography books from the archive.

The Rolling Stones: Icons (2023)

The Rolling Stones: Icons (2023)

Edited by ACC Art Books Ltd
ACC Art Books · 2023

A major photographic anthology spanning six decades of The Rolling Stones. The book includes photographs by Barry Schultz alongside work by Terry O’Neill, Linda McCartney, Gered Mankowitz, Bill Wyman, and other leading music photographers.

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Selected Press

In the press.

WeesperNieuws

‘Je schiet je beeld en bent weer weg. Contact met de persoon die je fotografeert is er niet’

A 2023 profile of Barry Schultz reflecting on his work photographing major rock artists in the 1970s and the creation of the Barry Schultz Photography Gallery in Weesp.

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