Kayak meets famous film director!

In my blog of september 28, 2009, I mentioned the Kayak/Jan Akkerman tour of 1977. I included this picture from the tour programme:

This photo was taken in a session with photographer Gijsbert Hanekroot. Another picture from that session is this rather special one:


picture: Gijsbert Hanekroot

Please note that there are not five men (the amount of Kayak bandmembers in 1977) present on the stairs, but six! The sixth person, at the very back, is Anton Corbijn. Nowadays a world famous photographer (for U2, Metallica and Coldplay, to name just a few...) and film director, back in 1977 he was a 'pupil' of Gijsbert Hanekroot... (and 'ghost member' of Kayak...).

I got in touch with Gijsbert, and he told me that the original photo (not a re-print or so) is for sale. Mind you, if you are interested: you are not buying a lucky shot by some amateur photographer. Hanekroot is a respected Dutch photographer, who worked for various magazines since the 1960's. That, and the ghost appearance of a future worldwide celebrity, makes this a valuable piece of work!