Joni Mitchell - Hissing of Summer Lawns III

Photographed by Norman Seeff

A luminous moment of artistic surrender, this iconic portrait of Joni Mitchell floating in a Los Angeles pool was captured during the 1975 session for her album The Hissing of Summer Lawns. In this image, Norman Seeff distills the essence of Mitchell’s creativity—fluid, fearless, and deeply introspective.

Her body, buoyed by the shimmering blue water, appears almost weightless, as if suspended between the worlds of music and visual poetry. The reflections ripple across her skin like melodies across a stave, echoing the layered complexity of her work during this experimental phase of her career.

This image is one of the most revered in Seeff’s catalogue, not only for its beauty but for its symbolism—a moment of unguarded authenticity from one of the most important singer-songwriters of the 20th century.

-Archival Print on 100% Cotton MOAB Paper
-Hand-signed and numbered by Norman Seeff
-Certificate of Authenticity available