Andrew Sacks, 20th & 21st century. A photographic print of James Osterberg (Iggy Pop) with his band The Prime Movers and a nun in 1967 on the Diag at the University of Michigan campus, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Limited edition of 50 prints from the original negatives taken by Andrew Sacks, fused to foam board. Signed "Andrew Sacks" and dated "1967" lower right, numbered "6/50" lower center and titled lower left. Image 20 x 12 3/4" high, foam board 24 x 16 " high overall.
Osterberg began his music career as a drummer in various high school bands in Ann Arbor, Michigan, including The Iguanas, who covered several records such as Bo Diddley's "Mona" in 1965. He then began exploring local blues-style bands such as the Prime Movers (with brothers Dan and Michael Erlewine), which he joined at 18 years old. The Prime Movers gave him the nickname "Iggy" for having played in The Iguanas. According to biographer Jim Ambrose, the two years he spent in the band made him aware of "art, politics, and experimentation".
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Andrew Sacks was born in Detroit and attended college at the University of Michigan where he began his photography work for the Michigan Daily from 1965-1969.He has had a long career in image making as a still photographer and filmmaker, and his work for magazine and photo agencies has taken him across North America and overseas. Although Sacks has done a lot of freelance photography for magazines and newspapers including the Detroit News and New York Times, he now concentrates on video production. His local clients include the Chelsea Milling Company and Chelsea State Bank.
While at the Michigan Daily, Sacks photographed political figures, musicians, student demonstrations at the University of Michigan, draft card burnings and other anti-Vietnam War protests, the riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, and appearances of John Cage, Lyndon Johnson, Timothy Leary, Eldridge Cleaver, John Sinclair, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Iggy Pop, Aretha Franklin, Freddie Hubbard, and Gerald Ford in Ann Arbor, and a meeting of Ku Klux Klan in Dearborn, Michigan.