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You'll have to visit his Flickr to see John Rudoff's Dylan/Baez photos.

Photographer John Rudoff was on hand when Joan Baez brought Bob Dylan out as an unannounced guest at a show in Camden, NJ in 1963. Two years later he was in the front row snapping some of the only color photos during the infamous "Dylan Goes Electric" show at the Newport Folk Festival. The former photography student from Philadelphia also snapped some amazing shots of blues greats Son House and Mississippi John Hurt and folkies Dave van Ronk and Phil Ochs. Looking at these little-seen images is a somewhat disorienting experience, mostly because they are so perfectly preserved. Until you notice a vintage microphone, or the complete absence of cell phones, it's hard to tell the collection is half a century old.

See the full set on Rudoff's Flickr stream.