Linda Wolf

Wolf was born in Los Angeles in 1950 and grew up in Sherman Oaks, California. Her mother, Barbara Wolf (née Friedman), is a poet and was a fashion model and English literature teacher at Beverly Hills High School. Her father, Joseph Wolf, was a businessman and avid photographer. Linda's interest in photography was born out of her father's passion for photography. He bought her first camera for her when she was a teenager.

Linda Wolf graduated from Hollywood High School in 1968. In 1969, she began dating Sandy Konikoff, the drummer for Jackson Browne. Konikoff invited her to live at Paxton Lodge in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where Elektra Records was recording one of Browne's first albums. There was a darkroom at the studio, and she was inspired by the experience and made a decision to pursue photography professionally.

Wolf's grandfather, Jules Wolf, managed the historic Lincoln Theater, often called the Apollo of the West.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_nUJw2u7js4C&q=Jules+Wolf+Lincoln+theater|title=The Theater of Black Americans: The presenters. The participators|isbn=9780139127250|last1=Hill|first1=Errol|year=1980|publisher=Prentice-Hall }} From 1970 to 1975, she lived and studied in Provence, France, attending the Institute for American Universities and L'Ecole Experimental Photographic.Fabricius, Klaus, and Saunders, Red. 24 Hours in the Life of Los Angeles. Alfred Van Der Marck Editions, 1984, p. 271.

Her early photographic work in France focused on people and village life in the Vaucluse Mountains.Linda Wolf: Faces in Time, Petersen's Photographic Magazine, May 1976, p. 62-70. Next, Wolf attended Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She taught photography through the University of California at Los Angeles Extension and worked as a staff photographer for the Los Angeles Citywide Mural Project.Muchnic, Suzanne, Moving to Back of Bus Bench, Los Angeles Times, July 6, 1979, p. IV- 9.

In 1969, Wolf began working at Warner Bros./Reprise Records, where she met the first all-girl rock band to sign with a major record label, Fanny. She became friends with the band and she moved in with the group at Fanny Hill, a mansion on Marmont Lane in Hollywood, where she lived for a year and a half as the band's documentary photographer. Over 80 of Wolf's archival photos of Fanny are presented in the documentary of the band, Fanny: The Right to Rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/10/06/rock-legend-fanny-boston-womens-film-festival|title = Forgotten rock legend 'Fanny' takes the Boston Women's Film Festival stage|website=Wbur.org| date=October 6, 2021 }} During her stay, she met Lowell George who started Little Feat and the band members from Little Feat. She photographed them as well.{{cite web|url=https://khsuwomen.wordpress.com/2013/07/07/join-host-brenda-starr-when-she-discusses-fanny-rocknroll-and-teens-with-photographer-writer-and-non-profit-architect-linda-wolf-july-8th-2013/|title=Through the Eyes of Women Radio - Join Host Brenda Starr When She Discusses "FANNY", Rock'n'Roll and Teens With Photographer, Writer And Non-Profit Architect LINDA WOLF|website=Khsuwomen.wordpress.com|date=July 7, 2013}}

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Wolf met Joe Cocker a week before the Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour began. He had just arrived in the U.S. and was staying with his roadie and keyboard player at Leon Russell's house. His record label informed him that he was to start a U.S. tour in six days, but he had just recently left his band, The Grease Band. Russell offered to quickly assemble a touring band and recruited over 40 of his friends. Denny Cordell, who produced the tour, invited Wolf along after seeing her photography. She and Andee Nathanson were the two official photographers for the two-month U.S. concert tour which included Russell, Rita Coolidge, Chris Stainton, Claudia Lennear, Bobby Keys, Pamela Polland, Matthew Moore, and musicians representing the Tulsa Sound including Carl Radle, Jim Keltner, and Chuck Blackwell.

The music documentary Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen was released in 1971 and credited Wolf for her tour photography.{{cite web|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0067275/fullcredits/camera_department?ref_=m_ttfc_8|title=IMDB - Joe Cocker:Mad Dogs & Englishmen (film) - Credit: Linda Wolf Tour Photographer |website=IMDb }} She wrote Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen: A Memory Book, which included over 150 new photographs, quotes and stories from alumni. It was released in 2015 at the Lockn' Festival.

On September 11, 2015, Wolf joined the Tedeschi Trucks Band & Friends and alumni from the 1970 Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour, as the official photographer, and sang in the encore with the Space Choir, for a tribute concert to honor Joe Cocker and the Mad Dogs and Englishmen music. Participating alumni included Leon Russell, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Chris Stainton, and Pamela Polland.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/inside-tedeschi-trucks-bands-all-star-joe-cocker-tribute-concert-168931/|title=Rolling Stone Magazine - Inside Tedeschi Trucks Band All Star Joe Cocker Tribute Concert - Linda Wolf Photography - July 14, 2015 - David Browne|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 14, 2015}}

Cocker died on December 22, 2014, and Wolf's photographs were used in Associated Press articles written about his life and music legacy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.eagletribune.com/news/joe-cocker-made-others-songs-his-own/article_3683b546-2786-5bf9-8e86-1adb5a3b8cdb.html|title=Joe Cocker made others' songs his own|author=Mikael Wood|date=December 23, 2014|website=Eagle-Tribune|access-date=June 21, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/world/article/British-rock-singer-Joe-Cocker-dies-at-70-5974049.php|title=Joe Cocker, raspy singer who emerged as star at Woodstock, dies - Associated Press Monday, December 22, 2014|website=Sfgate.com |date=December 23, 2014 }}

On April 28, 2020, Insight Editions released Tribute: Cocker Power, a 335-page coffee table book featuring Wolf's documentary photos, tour alumni stories, and vignettes from the Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Tour and the 2015 tribute concert at the Lockn' Festival led by the Tedeschi Trucks Band with Leon Russell and original tour alumni. The book, which received favorable reviews, was released on the 50th anniversary of the tour. It includes contributions from over one hundred musicians and crew members, including Denny Cordell, Leon Russell, Chris Stainton, Rita Coolidge, Claudia Lennear, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, and Warren Haynes.{{cite web|last=Ruggiero|first=Bob |url=https://www.houstonpress.com/music/things-to-do-read-tribute-cocker-power-11466815|title=Lavish Book Celebrates Joe Cocker's Legendary "Mad Dogs & Englishmen" Tour |publisher=Houston Press|date=April 23, 2020 |access-date=May 1, 2020}}

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Wolf created a public art project of murals consisting of photos of ordinary people sitting on bus benches. The photographs were placed on the sides of buses and the backs of bus benches in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Oakland, California in the U.S., and in Arles, France. The benches were conceived as a response to the dehumanizing effects of advertising;Linda Wolf: Friends in Common, Petersen's Photographic, June 1982, p 56.Stavitsky, Gail. Art on the Streets, Artweek, December 13, 1980, p. 12.Murray, Joan, Photography:Images in Transit, Artweek, December 13, 1980, p 1. they were exhibited in numerous venues including the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery and the Rencontres International Festival of Photography in Arles.Apodaca, Patrice. A Celebration of Humanity, The Rangefinder, September 1982, p 6. One of the benches sits in the courtyard of Musée Réattu as part of their permanent collection in Arles.{{cite web|access-date=September 29, 2018|title=Arles: atour des Thermes et le Musée Réattu (photos)|url=http://leblogdeminizup.eklablog.com/arles-atour-des-thermes-et-le-musee-reattu-photos-a106514696|website=Minizup}}{{Better source needed|reason=Blog|date=September 2018}}

Wolf then developed the project L.A. Welcomes the World, a series of large-scale multicultural portraits of people presented on billboards throughout Los Angeles, for the 1984 Summer Olympics, which was sponsored by Eastman Kodak.Klein, Patricia, Who Is That on the Billboard Over There?, Los Angeles Herald Examiner, July 10, 1983

• 1981 – Co-founder of Women in Photography International,{{cite web|url=http://crosscut.com/2017/09/female-photographers-bainbridge-island-museum-of-art/|title=On Bainbridge Island, female photographers take the spotlight|date=September 22, 2017|website=Crosscut.com|access-date=January 25, 2018}} which is archived in Yale University's Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Peter E. Palmquist Collection{{Cite web |url=http://drs.library.yale.edu/HLTransformer/HLTransServlet?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:wipa&query=Linda%20Wolf&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=1&sortFields=&view=all |title=Peter Palmquist collection of women in photography |access-date=September 27, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819064446/http://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1279?stylename=yul.ead2002.xhtml.xsl&pid=beinecke:wipa&query=Linda%20Wolf&clear-stylesheet-cache=yes&hlon=yes&big=&adv=&filter=&hitPageStart=1&sortFields=&view=all |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://womeninphotography.org/historical/WIPIhistory2.html|title=WIPI History Starting 1981 - Women In Photography International|website=womeninphotography.org|access-date=January 25, 2018}}
• 1993 – Co-founder of The Daughters Sisters Project, now called Teen Talking Circles, a non-profit organization supporting girl's empowerment, gender relationships, and youth activism

• Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors on the Transition to Womanhood (New Society, 1997)
• Global Uprising: Confronting the Tyrannies of the 21st Century: Stories from a New Generation of Activists (New Society, 2001)
• Speaking and Listening From the Heart, The Art of Facilitating Teen Talking Circles (2005)–with Neva Welton

• Bridge of Glass: My mother and me: the relationship with my mother, poet, Barbara Wolf (2012)

• Twenty-Four Hours in the Life of LA - Alfred van der Marck (1984)
• Leon Russell - Tulsa Area Music Archives (2010)
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Video: Joe Cocker, Mad Dogs and Englishmen (film, 1970) (2011)
• Making Wet: The Magazine of Gourmet Bathing - Imperfect (2012)
• Willin': The Story of Little Feat - Da Capo (2013)
• Land of a Thousand Bridges: The June Millington Autobiography (2015)
• Delta Lady: the Autobiography of Rita Coolidge (2016)
• Intensa Levedad: Pury Estalayo (2017)

• SOLA Spotlight Video (2024){{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hosonBl297E | title=Linda Wolf SOLA Spotlight Video | website=YouTube | date=November 19, 2024 }}
• I Am A Full Woman (2014){{cite web|url=http://www.womenrisingradio.com/gallery|title=GALLERY - Women Rising Radio Project|website=Womenrisingradio.com|access-date=January 25, 2018}}
• Joe Cocker Mad Dogs & Englishmen Memory Book (2015){{cite web|url= https://www.kvnf.org/post/talkin-music-joe-cocker-mad-dogs-englishmen-memory-book#stream/0|title=KVNF radio - Talkin Music - Joe Cocker: Mad Dogs & Englishmen Memory Book - Linda Wolf -Ali Lightfoot|website=Kvnf.com |date=December 4, 2015 }}
• The Caravan: Seeking Asylum in the United States (2018){{cite web|url=http://kitsapiac.org/caravan-asylum-seekers/|title=Caravan Asylum Seekers from Linda Wolf on Vimeo - November 27, 2018 Ray Garrido|website=Kitsapiac.org|date=November 28, 2018 }}
• Tribute: Cocker Power (2020)

• Twenty Feet From Stardom: Leon Russell Montage (2012)
• Joe Cocker: Mad Dog with Soul (2017)
• Learning to Live Together: The Return of Mad Dogs & Englishmen (2021){{Cite web|url=https://audreycavenecia.medium.com/linda-wolf-you-dont-need-confidence-to-lead-c18ab305006a|title=Linda Wolf: You Don't Need Confidence to Lead|first=Audrey|last=Cavenecia|website=Audreycavenecia.medium.com|date=December 28, 2021|access-date=December 5, 2023}}
• Leon Russell: The Master of Space and Time (2023)
• Fanny: The Right to Rock (2023){{Cite web|url=https://www.knkx.org/arts-culture/2023-09-21/fanny-the-right-to-rock-screens-at-bainbridge-island-film-festival-with-local-ties|title='Fanny: The Right to Rock' screens at Bainbridge Island Film Festival with local ties|date=September 21, 2023|website=Knkx.org|access-date=December 5, 2023}}

• 2023 recipient of a SOLA Award. SOLA's mission is "to award cash grants to female visual artists over 60 who are currently living in Washington State and have created a body of work spanning at least 25 years."{{Cite web|url=https://solaseattle.org/awardees|title=SOLA - Awardees|website=Solaseattle.org|access-date=December 5, 2023}}

Wolf's photographs are held in the following permanent collections:

• Musee Reattu, Arles, France{{cite web|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/arts-expos/photographie/les-rencontres-de-la-photographie-d-arles-soufflent-le-1er-juillet-leurs-cinquante-bougies_3514753.html|title=France TV Culture, Arts, Photography - Wolf Photographed at exhibit in 1981 with caption|website=Francetvinfo.fr|date=June 30, 2019}}
• Musee Cantini, Marseille, France{{Cite web|url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/rechercher.do?motRecherche=Linda+Wolf&critereRecherche=0&depart=0&facetteModifiee=ok|title=BnF Catalogue général|website=Catalogue.bnf.fr|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
• Musee Het Sterkshof, Antwerp, Belgium{{cn|date=November 2023}}
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris"[http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb404724006 Notice de recueil]". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Accessed April 7, 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.voiceamerica.com/Guest/3603/linda-wolf|title=Voice of America - Bibliothèque Nationale de France - Linda Wolf|website=Voiceamerica.com}}
• Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio{{Cite web|url=https://blues.gr/profiles/blogs/interview-with-photographer-writer-linda-wolf-founder-of-several|title=Interview with photographer/writer Linda Wolf - founder of several nonprofit organizations to benefit youth|website=Blues.gr|access-date=June 21, 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bainbridgereview.com/entertainment/historic-rock-n-roll-photo-show-on-display-through-january-at-paper-leaf/|title=Bainbridge Island Review - Historic rock 'n' roll photo show on display through January at Paper & Leaf - by Luciano Marano |website=Bainbridgereview.com|date=December 25, 2015}}
• Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, California{{cn|date=November 2023}}
• Women's Building, Los Angeles{{cn|date=November 2023}}
• Photographic Center of the Tokyo Fuji Art Museum, Tokyo{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedrpatshow.com//guest/linda-wolf,2648.html|title=Linda Wolf - Guest Profile|website=Thedrpatshow.com|access-date=June 21, 2023}}
• Harborview Medical Center Hand Wing Gallery, Seattle{{cn|date=November 2023}}

• La Chapelle des Penitents Bleus, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1972
• Le Chateau de Goult, Aix-en-Provence, France, 1973
• L'Ancienne Poste, Goult, France, 1973
• Grace Church; Global Portraits, Bainbridge Island, Washington, 2013

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• USC Fisher Galley Museum of Art, Sight Specific: LACPS and the Politics of Community, Los Angeles
• National Museum of Women in the Arts: Women who Rock, Washington, D.C.
• L.A.C.E., Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
• Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France
• Sala San José de Caracciolos de la Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain
• Bainbridge Island Museum of Art: "Women in Photography", Bainbridge Island, Washington
• Bainbridge Island Museum of Art: "Breathe" Bainbridge Island, Washington
• Bus Bench Mural Project, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, France, 1981{{cite web |title=Les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles soufflent le 1er juliet leurs cinquante bougies |url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/arts-expos/photographie/les-rencontres-de-la-photographie-d-arles-soufflent-le-1er-juillet-leurs-cinquante-bougies_3514753.html|publisher=franceinfo Culture avec agences |date=2019}}
• Multicultural Focus, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park.{{cite web |title=Refocus: Multicultural Focus |url=https://www.spenational.org/files/news/refocusprfinal.pdf |publisher=Santa Monica Art Studios |date=2012}}
• The 12 artists from the original Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery were brought back together to show new work in Refocus: Multicultural Focus: an initiative of the J.Paul Getty's Pacific Standard Time, Arena 1 Gallery, 2012{{cite book|title=Amazon -MULTICULTURAL FOCUS PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION BICENTENNIAL |year=1981 |publisher=Los Angeles Center for Photographic Studies |isbn=0917992024 }}{{Cite web|url=https://argonautnews.com/photos-by-artists-in-1981-exhibit-featured-in-new-show-at-arena-1-gallery/|title=Argonaut News - Photos by Artists in 1981 featured in new show - Linda Wolf|website=Argonautnews.com|access-date=June 21, 2023}}

• Women in Photography, conceived and co-curated by Wolf, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, 2017. Included many of her own photographs.{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/women-in-photography-explores-diverse-possibilities-of-familiar-medium|title='Women in Photography' explores diverse possibilities of familiar medium|date=August 29, 2017|website=Seattletimes.com|access-date=January 25, 2018}}

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