A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew @ the set of The Shining
The Birds (1961) — Tippi Hedren with Hitchcock.
Rio Bravo — Hawks and Angie Dickinson
set of Alien.
Ghostbusters.
Superman
on the set of Mothra (1961) - special effects director Tsuburaya Eiji
Dr. Strangelove — Sellers & Kubrick.
The French Connection — The Rig set in Gene Hackman's car before one of the best car-chase scenes in movie history.
Tron (1982) — David Warner and Bruce Boxleitner fuck around in costume.
The Howeling.
Nosferatu (1922) — only Max Schreck “lounged” like that.
on the set of Faust.
Godfather — fish-line bullet holes.
Marathon Man — Hoffman & Olivier.
King Kong (1933)
on the spaceship set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Witness to Hendrix's famous guitar burning at the legendary Monterey music festival of 1967 and the Rolling Stones notoriously debauched 1972 tour of North America, O'Neal also managed to capture more reflective artists such as Joni Mitchell and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.
The Rolling Stones at San Diego Forum on June 13, 1972
'I was part of a very select group of guys, there might have been six or eight of us, based out of Los Angeles, who did most of the album covers in the late 1960's and early 1970's,' said O'Neal.
Counting bands such as Steppenwolf and The Mamas & the Papas as his photographic subjects, O'Neal was aware of the privilege the musicians had granted him.
Jim Morrison of The Doors rehearsing 'Touch Me', 1968
Jimi Hendrix before burning his guitar onstage at Monterey International Pop Music Festival in 1967
The Rolling Stones at San Diego Forum on June 13, 1972 on their legendary North American tour
Janis Joplin at Monterey International Pop Music Festival where she established herself as a major talent
'I am very excited to have the opportunity to present 'Scene from Inside'.
Getting one of his first tastes of the rock lifestyle at Monterey, O'Neal witnessed Hendrix cement his pyrotechnic reputation as he set his guitar on fire.
B. B. King in the desert outside Las Vegas for 'Guess Who' album photo shoot with his guitar 'Lucille'
'It was awkward to shoot from below the stage because it was hard to see over it.'
Although O'Neal was particularly friendly with Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, he also witnessed the other early 1970's supergroup The Rolling Stones at their elegantly wasted peak.
'We hung out. I went to the studio and waited for the moment to take the pic,' said O'Neal.
Joni Mitchell and Tom Gundelfinger O'Neal became firm friends in the 1960's and early 1970's and continued their friendship through the next two decades
Grace Slick (front) and the members of Jefferson Airplane were subjects of numerous photo-shoots with Tom Gundelfinger O'Neal
'I never really found the moment in the studio, but were very willing for me to take pictures at the concert,
'The real experience was being on stage with them.'
Having photographed over 50 album covers in his career, O'Neal is excited to show off his work.
Neil Young listening to playbacks in Buffalo Springfield recording session in September 1967
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young's 'Déjà vu' album shoot in Crosby's backyard before Woodstock
'As I go through all these images I see the photographs with more objectivity, and I want to share them.'
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