Amsterdam, Cor Jaring, 1965. Gelatine silver print (25.3 x 20.4 cm).

A quintessential 1960s countercultural photo by the Amsterdam photographer, journalist, and artist Cor Jaring (1936-2013), picturing Marianne Marijke Koger (b. 1943), known as Marijke, a Dutch designer and visual artist who now lives and works in the United States. In the early sixties, Koger took a course in fashion drawing at the Amsterdam industrial school for girls. Together with Josje Leeger, she then designed futuristic fashion (Flashing Fashion) in 1965, using plastic clothing, and was actively involved in "happenings" and body-paintings. In 1966, Koger moved to Montagu Square in London, where she made clothes for Pattie Boyd, The Beatles and the members of Procol Harum, among others. She also designed posters and programmes for the Saville Theatre, which Brian Epstein was then operating. Together with Josje Leeger, Barry Finch, and Simon Posthuma, Koger founded the artists’ collective The Fool in 1967, named after the tarot card. Koger made a cover design for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band with Posthuma, which was eventually rejected and replaced by the famous collage photo. The design by Posthuma and Koger, however, was used for the inner sleeve on the first edition of the record. After that, they painted the facade of the Apple Store in Baker Street, and, for example, Cream’s instruments, including Eric Clapton's famous Gibson SG, Ginger Baker's drum kit, and Jack Bruce's Fender Bass VI (1967). Koger designed various record covers, including for Picknick by Boudewijn de Groot, for the LP Poëzie in Carré, The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion by The Incredible String Band, Evolution by The Hollies and the first LP by The Move. At the end of the sixties, Posthuma and Koger left for New York, where they recorded an album with Graham Nash as producer. Later, Posthuma and Koger recorded another LP together under the name Seemon & Marijke. The single I Saw You, which was produced by Booker T. Jones, reached number two in the Dutch Top 40 in 1972. Koger and Posthuma married in July 1969 in The Temple of Tarot in Los Angeles. They lived in that city for fifteen years, until they divorced in 1973. She still lives and works in Los Angeles, and is known as an artist as Marijke Koger-Dunham.