Photographer Danny Clinch Shares What It's Really Like To Shoot Jay Z, Bob Dylan And Tupac

How To Shoot A Jay Z Magazine Cover In 12 Minutes

Danny Clinch has photographed music legends from Bruce Springsteen to Johnny Cash to Keith Richards, and now more than 200 of the iconic moments he's captured are compiled in his new book, Danny Clinch.

The photographer spoke with HuffPost Live's Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani on Wednesday and shared behind-the-scenes stories of three incredible shoots with three inimitable artists.

In the video above, Clinch describes an incredibly brief encounter with Jay Z that resulted in this XXL cover. When Clinch arrived to the studio, he was told Jay had things to do and could give him only a few minutes. Clinch explained to HuffPost live how he managed to pull together a cover and photos for a big story inside the magazine in just 12 minutes.

Click here for the full HuffPost Live conversation with Danny Clinch, and watch him recall working with Bob Dylan and Tupac Shakur in the videos below.

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