PRINTS - SHARON JONES and the DAP-KINGS
Working closely with Daptone Records since 2009, Jacob Blickenstaff has created many of the most powerful images of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings that exist. He’s had intimate access to Sharon’s life as an artist, covering key performances, recording sessions, back stage action, and life on the road. He's shot work for 7 album covers on the Daptone label, including SJDK's Soul of a Woman, I Learned the Hard Way, It's a Holiday Soul Party, and the Miss Sharon Jones! soundtrack, as well as albums from Antibalas, Naomi Shelton, and The Como Mamas.
Photographs of Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings have been featured in:
The New York Times: Miss Sharon Jones, A Queen Among Dap-Kings
NPR Music: In Pictures: Sharon Jones Remembered
Rolling Stone: Sharon Gets Her Groove Back: Behind the Scenes
Available Sizes
8.5 x 11 - Open Edition
11 x 17 - Edition of 20
17 x 22 - Edition of 10
Sharon’s triumphant return to the Beacon Theatre in 2014 following treatment for pancreatic cancer.
Archival Pigment Print — Made and Signed by Photographer.
Available Sizes -
8.5 x 11 - Open Edition
11 x 17 - Edition of 20
17 x 22 - Edition of 10
Beacon Theater, 2014 - As chonicled in the film ‘Miss Sharon Jones’, this was Sharon’s comeback show following her first round of treatment for pancreatic cancer. Sharon is side-stage moments before her entrance, all nerves, deeply drawing in to find guidance and strength for her performance, which she cared so deeply about.
Archival Pigment Print — Made and Signed by Photographer.
Available Sizes:
8.5 x 11 - Open Edition
11 x 17 - Edition of 20
17 x 22 - Edition of 10
Archival Pigment Print — Made and Signed by Photographer on Canson Platine Fiber Paper
Available Sizes:
17 x 22 — Numbered Edition of 10
11 x 17 — Numbered Edition of 20
8.5 x 11 — Open Edition
Made in the summer of 2016 during the Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings tour with Daryl Hall & John Oates, this image exemplifies Sharon’s unyielding power, grace and determination.
Archival Pigment Print — Numbered Editions — Made and Signed by Photographer.
Available sizes:
8.5 x 11 - Open Edition
11 x 17 - Edition of 20
13 x 19 - Edition of 20
17 x 22 - Edition of 10
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings played the legendary Apollo Theater for the first time with a two-night run in May 2010. This image, affectionately called 'The Whip' by the folks at Daptone, was shot on the second night and has been used many times by Daptone as an image that distills Sharon’s energy on-stage down to a simple and powerful gesture. This photograph was used in the deluxe packaging for I Learned the Hard Way and also served as the basis for the cover of Soul Time!