Darrell Lloyd singles out David Cassidy being responsible for his successful career as a photographer, an interest which started in 1970 when he was 10 years old.
Teen magazines played an important part in that development mainly through Tiger Beat, Flip, 16 as well as Rolling Stone, Look and TV Guide. In our conversation he explains those early influences through images of The Osmonds, The Jackson 5, Bobby Sherman and David Cassidy. Photographers that made a huge impact on him were Gene Trindl, Kenny Lieu, Annie Leibovitz and Henry Diltz.
“Images from these photographers were a constant influence on a weekly, bi-weekly and monthly schedule. I would be at my local newsstands absorbing all the magazine covers my eyes could handle,” he explained.
“As time grew on, a person became a common denominator of each photographer I admired. They all singled in on one subject in front of their cameras.....David Cassidy who was on the trajectory of becoming a teen idol of gigantic proportions, the likes the world had never seen before.
“The way photographers did shoots with David were second to none. The man was incapable of taking a bad photo.
“Because each photographer had their main focus on David was like a master class in photography for me. They taught me a lot about the proper way to compose a photo. I owe these photographers a tremendous debt that I could never repay in 10 lifetimes.”
Darrell shares anecdotes about his photographic career, meeting David, and a revealing conversation he had with Mike Melvoin who was a member of The Wrecking Crew the musicians who worked on The Partridge Family music.
Darrell also calls for musicians who admire David’s work to pay a special tribute to his music.
