Jesse Frohman – Vespera Gallery

Flavor Flav, Grillz

Flavor Flav, Grillz

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Brushing Teeth, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Brushing Teeth, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
B-Real, Cypress Hill

B-Real, Cypress Hill

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Stage No. 1, Red, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Stage No. 1, Red, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
About the Photographer
Jesse Frohman

Jesse Frohman is a New York-based photographer. After graduating from the University of Michigan, he moved back to New York and assisted Irving Penn for four years. He began his career shooting for magazines such as Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone and Vogue as well as commercial clients ranging from Estee Lauder to Def Jam Records. In addition to his portrait work, which features artists from every creative field, including countless celebrities, Frohman has also worked extensively in the still life and landscape genres. Frohman’s book of his Kurt Cobain images, Kurt Cobain; The Last Session was published in 2016 by Thames & Hudson. His work can be found in museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art and the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC, and he has had exhibitions in New York, Paris, Tokyo and Moscow.
The Strokes

The Strokes

By Jesse Frohman
Mobb Deep

Mobb Deep

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Contact Sheet No. 4, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Contact Sheet No. 4, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Shock G, AKA Humpty Hump, Jewelry, 1990

Shock G, AKA Humpty Hump, Jewelry, 1990

By Jesse Frohman
Cypress Hill

Cypress Hill

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Smoking B, Pink, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Smoking B, Pink, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
A Tribe Called Quest, 1993

A Tribe Called Quest, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Looking Up, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Looking Up, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Smoking A, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Smoking A, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Nas, 1992

Nas, 1992

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Standing with Evian Bottle, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Standing with Evian Bottle, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Run DMC, 1992

Run DMC, 1992

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Roseland, NYC, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Roseland, NYC, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Nirvana, 1993

Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Nirvana, 1993

By Jesse Frohman
Shock G, AKA Humpty Hump, 1990

Shock G, AKA Humpty Hump, 1990

By Jesse Frohman
Marina Abramovic

Marina Abramovic

By Jesse Frohman
Kurt Cobain, Kneeling (Red), 1993

Kurt Cobain, Kneeling (Red), 1993

By Jesse Frohman

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