As a member of the family and a member of the band, according to Keith Richards, Dominique is a privileged witness of the recording of the mythical album Exile on Main Street, as well as the friendship linking Keith Richards to the virtuoso guitarist Gram Parsons, musical complicity whose ghost haunts Exile on Main Street.
It is the story of an extraordinary encounter ... The one of a young French photographer and the biggest rock band in the world: the Rolling Stones!
At the end of the 60s, under the shock of the discovery of English rock, Dominique Tarlé left for London to meet these musicians of a new style and so different from the French artists.
Jimmy Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker ... But it's the Rolling Stones that will make Dominique Tarlé a photographer apart in the history of rock'n'roll.
In 1971, during their farewell tour in England, he heard about the group's fiscal exile to the south of France. Ruined by an unscrupulous manager, the Rolling Stones are compelled to exile and must record a new album as soon as possible to get back to afloat before returning on tour.
In the spring, Dominique visits Keith Richards at Villa Nellcote in Villefranche sur Mer. After a day of music and photos, he is about to take leave when Keith retorts: "Your room is ready! ". He does not stay one night, but six months!
No photographer has ever lived in the intimacy of such a group at such a crucial moment in his career.
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