Mr. Osterberg

Sometime in the early 1970's (No one is sure when, cause let's face it everyone had been high since 1967 and would be till about 1980) my father answered a knock on the door to a sweating, tightly wound guy, physically not unlike my father himself; short and slight of build, all bone and lean muscle. No shirt, big bloodshot eyes look up at dad and the visitor asks for...painkillers.

He had a really bad head ache don't you know.

Enter Iggy Pop.

He then took to living in the garage from, '74 to '75 I believe, before disappearing in 1976 with David Bowie to record The Idiot and, get their heads together....

Below is one of my favorite portraits of, as my father continues to refer to him, Mr. Osterberg. Taken in my parents living room, sometime in 1974:

The photo that started it all

Hello and welcome to Jim Cassatta, Imagemaker!


Included will be my father's personal history, history as a photographer, video clips of him talking about his photos, and rambles about the times he spent with such greats as Iggy Pop, Mick Jagger, Ray Manzarek, Alice Cooper, Rodney Bingenheimer, Edger Winter, Bob Hite, Gene Simmons, and many more!

The below photograph was taken backstage at the Roxy on Sunset sometime in early 1977. Dad had chased Iggy there after not seeing him for well over a year while he was in Berlin to record The Idiot with David Bowie.




This photo, along with all the ones to come, is available for purchase. Printed on high quality paper, black and white, 8 x 10 for $25.00. For an additional $25.00 dad will sign and personalize your photo in silver paint pen or black sharpie, your choice.