Three Guitars
I photographed these guitars in 1990, with the kind of access that only comes from being truly inside that world. The image went on to be featured as the center spread in the January 1993 issue of Guitar World — but what you see in this print goes far beyond what any magazine page could ever show.
Shot on 4×5 transparency film, this image captures these instruments the way they deserved to be seen. Large-format photography has a quality that is simply in a league of its own, and when you stand in front of this print, you understand why. The detail is extraordinary, almost surreal. Guitar picks stuck on the bodies. A cigarette butt wedged in the headstock. Worn edges and battle scars earned over years of playing at the highest level. The image is so sharp, so alive, that you feel like you could reach in and lift one of those guitars right out of the frame and start playing.
These weren’t display pieces. They were tools of something extraordinary, and they look every bit the part.
Available as a large-format limited edition print on museum-grade Canson Platine Fiber Rag paper and printed buy the finest lab in the country, this is an image that rewards time and close attention. Each print leaves my hands personally — signed, numbered, and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. The more you look, the more the story reveals itself — and the more you understand just how remarkable Edward Van Halen truly was.
This edition is strictly limited— once sold out, it will never be reprinted in this version. What makes this print unique is this exact crop, this exact presentation.