Smithsonian launches music website for fan photos

If you’ve got any rock or rap star photos stored on your iPhone or stashed somewhere in your attic, the Smithsonian wants to hear from you.

On Tuesday, Smithsonian Books and Smithsonian Media launched rockandroll.si.edu, which will feature images taken by fans along with words and pictures from such musicians as Graham Nash and the Flaming Lips and from Roberta Bayley and other professional photographers. The website currently includes links for rock, rap, alternative, punk New Wave, heavy metal and folk rock.

A book by Bill Bentley is planned for fall 2017. Bentley said that he had been brought in by Smithsonian project director Matt Litts.