Conversation For Adults

66. Anastasia Pantsios: Photographing 50 Years of Rock, Race Politics, Getting Radiaclized, Underground Abortions, and Jimi’s Almost-Groupie Moment

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Freddie Mercury, Waylon Jennings, Gene Simmons, Joan Jett, Dolly Parton, Todd Rundgren, Alice Cooper, Rod Stewart, Meatloaf: that’s just an abbreviated list of the music legends that Anastasia Pantsios has photographed over the last 50 years. We talk about growing up in the middle of Chicago’s redlining (five blocks from Michelle Obama), witnessing segregation in action, Cleveland’s porn days, a white woman’s take on Blaxploitation, and growing up when women were given three choices out of college: marry, teach, or grad school. Then we share stories about how Anastasia became a rock photographer, the most scandalous situations she witnessed, why she was always the consummate professional, how Linda McCartney gave female photographers a bad rap, and my almost-groupie moment with Samantha Fox.

Resources:

  • Check out Anastasia’s photos: soniciconic.shootproof.com
  • Instagram: @ajpanastasia
  • Facebook: facebook.com/anastasia.pantsios
  • LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anastasia-pantsios-b2739b12
  • anastasiapantsios.com (under construction at the time of publication)
  • Read Anastasia’s articles on EcoWatch.com
  • Read Anastasia’s articles on CoolCleveland.com


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