Paul Ferrara

Paul Ferrara (lahir 16 November 1939) adalah seorang fotografer Amerika yang dikenal karena hubungannya dengan penyanyi Jim Morrison dari band the Doors. Lahir dari orang tua Italia-Amerika, Ferrara bertemu band tersebut setelah memotret pacar Jim Morrison, Pamela Courson. Dia mulai bekerja dengan grup tersebut sebagai fotografer stills dan banyak foto berwarna dan hitam putihnya muncul di buku suvenir setebal 24 halaman yang dijual di konser Doors pada tahun 1968. Banyak gambar ikonik Morrison diambil oleh Ferrara. Ferrara juga mengambil foto sampul album Doors Waiting for the Sun di Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. Ferrara ikut menyutradarai film Jim Morrison tahun 1969 HWY: An American Pastoral dan menyutradarai Feast of Friends yang menyertakan film grup tersebut selama tur lima bulan pada tahun 1968. Film di balik layar The Doors yang direkam oleh Ferrara pada akhir 1960-an dan awal 1970-an yang sampai sekarang belum pernah dirilis dimasukkan dalam film dokumenter 2009 tentang band, When You're Strange. Ferrara berada di lingkaran dalam Pintu dan menerbitkan sendiri memoarnya dari periode ini di Flash of Eden pada tahun 2007.

Paul Ferrara (born November 16, 1939) is an American photographer known for his relationship with singer Jim Morrison of the band the Doors. Born to Italian–American parents, Ferrara met the band after photographing Jim Morrison's girlfriend Pamela Courson. He began working with the group as a stills photographers and many of his color and black & white photos appeared in a 24-page souvenir book sold at Doors' concerts in 1968. Many iconic images of Morrison were taken by Ferrara. Ferrara also took the cover photograph of the Doors album Waiting for the Sun in Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles. Ferrara co-directed Jim Morrison's 1969 film HWY: An American Pastoral and directed Feast of Friends which included film of the group over a five-month period touring in 1968. Hitherto unreleased, behind the scenes movies of the Doors shot by Ferrara in the late 1960s and early 1970s were included in the 2009 documentary on the band, When You're Strange. Ferrara was in the inner circle of the Doors and self-published his memoirs from this period in Flash of Eden in 2007.