2020 marks 25 years of Getty Images, although the archives in our care speak of a far longer history. Today, gettyarchive explores the Michael Ochs Archives, the world’s paramount collection of popular music & Hollywood photography from across the 20th century.⁠ ⁠ Working in the music industry of the 1960s & ‘70s, Michael Ochs began collecting publicity photos as a hobby, images that few saw any value in. Rock & roll was a nascent culture, its longevity & impact not yet established. The famous - and the infamous - were still to be decided, with visuals playing a profound role in the shaping of our modern icons. Amongst the five million works that now form the Michael Ochs Archives, lifetime trajectories can be traced from B-list to screen idol, unknown to headliner. ⁠ Reaching back into the formative years of jazz, it was an era in which images of performers were scarce, with fans eagerly awaiting the latest issues of specialist magazines to put a face to a sound. Retouched headshots &...