Driving down a winding road toward Zuma Beach, California one day, David Michael Kennedy found himself giggling out loud.

Underneath the laughs, he was anxious and hoped he hadn't made a mistake. As he pulled up to Bob Dylan's home, void of a haughty hair and makeup crew, he was greeted by the rock-and- roll great who seemed glad that he was alone. Kennedy was carrying out the singer's wish not to have a big "production" for the shot, and even told his lighting assistant to stay at the hotel. Kennedy's respect for his subjects has carried him far. As a commercial/portrait photographer when he worked in Manhattan from 1971 to 1987, his work was seen on album covers and magazines and he did fashion and advertising shoots. His long list of honors includes a Clio Award. "A lot of photographing people is about capturing what is going on inside them. They are giving you a gift by opening up and letting you photograph them," says Kennedy.

So, the two men unloaded the equipment from the car and Dylan even assisted setting up the ladder for the lighting and the canvas background for the shoot."He's just like any of us," said Kennedy of Dylan.

After that world-recognized photograph was taken, (it eventually graced the cover of Spin magazine), the two hung out and had a beer. "He dug that. He became part of the process, just one of the guys."

Admitting that he was a little nervous before the shoot he added, "I had to remember that Dylan just happened to be born with incredible vocals and an incredible art for lyrics, and that he's probably worried too-worried that I'm going to make him look like a dork."

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