The Danish photographer Bent Rej is famous for his photos of famous bands in the early 60's. Some might have his book:

The Rolling Stones: In the Beginning Hardcover – September 12, 2006 (Amazon)

Bent Rej - The Rolling Stones: In The Beginning (IORR Tell Me)

Now there is a new book out:

Musik - The 1960s Photographs by Bent Rej (Chronicle Books)

How one photographer got access to 1960s rock royalty - Photographs by Bent Rej (CNN)

Musik: The 1960s Photographs Hardcover – October 7, 2025 (Amazon.com)

Bent Rej (bentrey.com)

From the CNN article, published Nov 9, 2025:

His first major assignment was covering The Rolling Stones, who arrived in Copenhagen in April 1965. He was invited to an afterparty at their hotel, where they booked an entire floor.

“I did not take pictures during the nightly parties, and I think they noticed that,” the photographer says in the book. “It was just an unspoken agreement; it felt natural to put away the camera at some point. As a result, I gained their confidence — something that would prove useful on many later occasions.”

He became good friends with one of the band’s founding members, Brian Jones, and would later visit the individual band members at their homes for an exclusive portrait series.





Bjornulf



Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 2025-11-10 14:17 by bv.

Thanks for sharing this BV.
Some great shots!

I purchased this book and received it yesterday. This book is incredible! Mostly never (at least by me) before seen photos of Stones, Beatles, Kinks, Dylan, Hendrix, Berry and The Who.

Huge coffee table book. Very reasonably priced for this day and age. I own several Genesis books and this is right up there with them.

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