Rare Pics Of Celebrities Back In The Days Captured By A Teen Photographer (100 Pics)

Brad Elterman is a professional photographer from California, who started his incredible career at the age of 16 when his first image was published. It was a photo of Bob Dylan in concert in 1974 and it was his ticket to the backstage of the rock 'n' roll world.

The artist focused on candid moments of celebrities. "I wasn't a traditional rock 'n' roll photographer because I didn't give a shit about taking a photograph of someone holding a guitar," he told vice. That's what all the other photographers at the time were doing, and I wasn't interested in those generic concert pictures. I photographed backstage—those were the really exciting pictures that told a story; those were the images that the magazines were craving."

Now, 40 years later, Brad Elterman is still an incredibly popular photographer whose style has not changed much. "It hasn't changed at all. Most of the editors today tell me not to change anything and shoot it just like I was back there in 1977 with Joan Jett."

David Bowie, 1975

Freddy Mercury

 Olivia Newton John And John Travolta, 1978

Chuck Berry And Michael Jackson, 1979

 Joan Jett, 1977

 John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John, 1978

Joan Jett And Jackie Fox, 1977

The Ramones, 1978

 Duran, 1982

Michael And Liza, 1980

Alice Cooper & Vincent Price, 1978

Frank Sinatra, 1980

Gene Simmons And Brooke Shields, 1978

Madonna, 1982

Michael Jackson, 1978

Brooke Shields

Debbie Harry, 1977

Joan Jett, 1977

Ringo, John Lennon And Yoko, 1976

John Travolta, 1978

Muhammad Ali

Abba

Peter Frampton, 1978

Paul Stanley From Kiss, 1978

Joan Jett, 1977

Sid Vicious, 1978

Joan Jett, 1977

Christiane F. 1978

 Iggy "No Photos" Pop, 1980

Adam Ant, 1978

Tom, Todd & Bebe, 1978

Cherie Currie And Secret Twin Sister, 1978

Bob Dylan, 1976

Cherie Currie Of The Runaways, 1977

 Debbie Harry

 John Taylor, 1981

 Rod Stewart, 1976

 Leif Garrett, 1980

Nina Hagen

 Steve Jones, 1978

David Byrne Of The Talking Heads Ucla, 1976

Bob Dylan, 1976

The Ramones, 1978

Debbie Harry, 1978

Michael Jackson

Joan Jett, 1977

 Joan Jett, 1977

Valley Chicks, 1977

The Runaways, 1979

 Matt Dillon, 1980

Lita For Of The Runaways, 1978

Joan Jett, 1977

Joey Ramone, 1979

Cherie Currie, 1977

Carly Simon And Husband James Taylor

 Bob Dylan, 1974

Duran, 1982

Ryan & Farrah, 1980

Anna Nicole Smith

Cherrie Currie, 1977

Runaways, 1978

 Kim Fowley

Runaways, 1976

Steve Jones, 1980

Leif Garrett

 Norman Vane, 1980

Cherie And Her Twin, 1977

Mark Mothersbaugh, 1980

Bob Dylan 1976

 Mark Mothersbaugh, 1980

 Cherie Currie Of The Runaways, 1977

Christiane F., 1978

Steve Jones From Sex Pistols

Bebe Buell And Stiv Bators, 1978

Kim Fowley, 1977

The Playboy Mansion

Ron Gallela, 1976

Ian Hunter, 1977

The Industrialists, 1977

Christiane F. 1978

Bob Dylan, 1976

Burt, 1977

The Farmers Market, 1975

Kim Fowley, 1977

Cherie Currie Of The Runaways, 1977

Rodney And Backstage Pass, 1977

 Dog Den, 1977

Norman Vane, 1980

 Jerry Schneider, 1980