Jake Dobbs
Lynn Goldsmith, "Neil Young"
1995
This is a photo that should never have been taken. Neil Young is difficult to photograph outside of concert. For Lynn Goldsmith he was impossible. Goldsmith made photos with countless music acts from the 60s to the 90s, but Young was seemingly unattainable. After a decade actively trying she decided to drop the desire. Goldsmith went to a secluded California desert health spa to help quash it, only to run into Young, in the flesh. Call it fate, random chance, universal forces, Divine Intervention, etc. However Young went by an assumed name, clearly wanting to keep his anonymity safe. Goldsmith couldn't break that by asking for a session. After days of photographic desire brewing, intensified by proximity, on her way to leave the spa she creeped up on Young, made this photo from around a corner.
This photo displays how engrossed and obsessed a photographer can become with their subject. What lengths one may go to fulfill said obsession.
