Jim Morrison is a freelance writer whose stories, reported from two dozen countries, have appeared in numerous publications including Smithsonian.com, the New York Times, and National Wildlife.

James "Jim" Mortimer Morrison, 91, of Aiken, SC went to the Lord on December 29, 2024. Jim was born April 5, 1933, in Bloomfield, New Jersey, to George M. Morrison and Louise T. Morrison. He was ...

As the story goes, music photographer Henry Diltz and art director Gary Burden had to get creative with snapping the cover art featuring frontman Jim Morrison after a hotel receptionist prohibited ...

Jim Morrison, the band’s lead vocalist, who died 19 months later, stands in the middle, over the sign advertising cheap rooms. A light, which Mr. Diltz said was for the elevator, creates a halo ...

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titled “Morrison Hotel,” given the nod to the surname of Doors’ frontman Jim Morrison. The photo, snapped by famed rock photographer Henry Diltz, was taken on the fly in December 1969.

In the resulting album art, the band’s frontman, Jim Morrison, stood beneath the Morrison Hotel sign. In 2004, around 40 tenants of the building sued the owners, claiming they were exposed to ...

The iconic photo of the Morrison Hotel was taken by music photographer Henry Diltz in 1969. The band and its frontman Jim Morrison had been told they couldn't take a photo inside the hotel ...