Catalog Record:
The 68 digital prints in this collection document the musicians who participated in the American Folk Blues Festival from 1962 to 1965. The American Folk Blues Festival brought American blues musicians to Europe for live concerts and studio performances between 1962 and 1982. Promoted by German blues enthusiasts, Horst Lippmann and Fritz Rau, the festival influenced the musical landscape of Europe as it exposed young musicians such as Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Jimmy Page to blues music. Stephanie Wiesand usually photographed the musicians during television tapings that took place at Südwestfunk, a German television and radio station in Baden-Baden, Germany.
Stephanie Wiesand, German blues and jazz enthusiast, was born in Germany in 1912. From 1962 to 1965, she photographed the musicians of the American Folk Blues Festival during television tapings that took place at Südwestfunk, a German television and radio station in Baden-Baden, Germany. The prints included in this collection were submitted to the Library of Congress for copyright deposit on September 11, 2003, and are part of Stephanie Wiesand’s 500-shot catalog that Reelin’ in the Years Productions, LLC now represents.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject listed alphabetically therein. For graphic images inventory, please see Appendix A. For performers photographed, please see Appendix B. For other persons photographed, please see Appendix C.
The collection was processed by Sarah Bradley Leighton in February 2005. Each digital print was assigned a unique graphic image (GR) number and a log was created to identify the prints. The prints are arranged chronologically beginning with the images from the 1962 festival through the 1965 festival. The digital prints are not of the highest quality, so each print is housed in a protective Mylar folder to prevent the surface toner from rubbing off when handled.
The collection of low resolution reference images is open for research use; the American Folklife Center does not hold the original images.
Collection materials are governed by copyright restrictions; contact the rights holder for permissions and restrictions.
Reelin’ in the Years Productions, LLC holds the rights to the
Stephanie Wiesand photographs as well as to the sound recordings and footage of
the television tapings. They have commercially released some of the material
and have used the Wiesand photographs in various formats. The photographs are
also available for sale through their web site. For more information visit
The prints were submitted to the Library of Congress Copyright Office on September 11, 2003, and are part of Stephanie Wiesand’s 500-shot catalog that Reelin’ in the Years Productions, LLC now represents. The Copyright Office offered the collection to the Prints and Photographs Division who then transferred the 68 prints to the Archive of Folk Culture at the American Folklife Center.
American Folk Blues Festival Photograph Collection, 1962-1965 (AFC 2003/050), Archive of Folk Culture, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
12 pages
Each print is labeled on the back with the reel number, shot number, year, and subject. The reel number represents the number the photographer assigned to a certain roll of film. The shot number represents the number the photographer assigned to a certain frame on a roll of film. The color prints from 1962 do not contain reel numbers.