Daniel Kramer’s photography captures Bob Dylan on the brink of fame

Photographer Daniel Kramer’s work captures even the most iconic of individuals at their most candid and calm. Over the course of a year and a day, Kramer spent time with one of those icons, Bob Dylan. From being backstage at tours and concerts to moments of quiet, Kramer and Dylan’s time together ended up as a mesmerising portfolio of what would become Bob Dylan’s breakthrough year.

Over 1964 to 1965, Kramer captured Dylan breaking through to superstardom, from the renowned Lincoln Center’s Philharmonic Hall concert with Joan Baez to the now-famed performance at Forest Hills, when Dylan first transited to electric guitar. An ever-evolving musician, Bob Dylan and his constant, cryptic state of becoming is encapsulated so succinctly in Daniel Kramer’s work.

Presented now in Taschen’s coffee table book, Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day features a curated selection of nearly 200 images, including outtakes from the Bringing It All Back Home and Highway 61 Revisited album cover shoots. Alongside these mesmerising shots are anecdotes from Daniel Kramer, drawing you deep into the intimate moments the seminal photographer shared with Bob Dylan, a (then and ever) mysterious man on a meteoric rise.

Daniel Kramer’s Bob Dylan: A Year and a Day is available to buy from Taschen online here now. Scroll down for a preview into the book now.