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His enviable task found him on location at Stargroves, the country estate in Berkshire that Mick bought in 1970 at the time Exile On Main Street album was being recorded. It was a trip down memory lane for Charlie Watts and Mick Jagger, whose portraits were shot there. Stargroves is a pinnacle part of their history; it was there they recorded part of the album before leaving the UK in the spring of 1971 to avoid the Labour government’s 93% tax on high earners. “Charlie hadn’t been back to the house since, so walking around with him, reminiscing, was fascinating. Then Mick sailed in like he’d never left,” says Donald, who flew to Manhattan to shoot Keith Richards and photographed Ronnie Woods at his manager’s office in London. The results of the photoshoots are a portfolio of four evocative images that reflect each of the band members’ personalities – the years of a rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle coupled with the dignified look of elder statesmen – and, in fact, the photograph of Charlie went on to be exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in 2010 as part of the Taylor Wessing prize.
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