Solid Image Photogaphic Service          Special Tribute To Michael Jackson

The Jacksons 1979 - Largo, MD

 

     
 

ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY CAREER WAS GETTING A CALL FROM THE JACKSON MANAGEMENT TEAM REQUESTING MY SERVICES FOR THEIR STOP IN MARYLAND DURING THEIR 39-CITY TOUR IN 1979. I WAS SO FOCUSED ON MAKING SURE I DID A GREAT JOB THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW BIG AN OPPORTUNITY IT WAS TO GET THE ASSIGNMENT. I HIRED MY BROTHER DONALD TO COVER THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STAGE AND THE GROUP LEAVING THE CAPITAL CENTER UNDERGROUND TUNNEL AFTER THE SHOW. I DID ONSTAGE AND DRESSING ROOM SHOTS.

OUR MEETING WITH MICHAEL TO DISCUSS WHAT THEY WANTED US TO COVER WAS A QUIET BUT EFFECTIVE MEETING OF THE MINDS. WHAT WE CAPTURED WAS WHAT HAPPENED. NOT POSED, NOT CHOREOGRAPHED OR REHEARSED. IT WAS A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE JACKSONS, THEIR TEAM AND THE BAKER BROTHERS.