'Who Shot Rock & Roll'

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Nancy Wilson, Ann Wilson and Craig Bartock

They stare out from the frames like the moment was still alive and breathing, the best images at the "Who Shot Rock & Roll" show, which celebrated its opening at the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City on Thursday night.

But one series of images was real: Ann and Nancy Wilson, founders of Heart, stepping onto a stage to perform a short set of classics while surprised and giddy fans watched wide-eyed in the crowd. The pair did songs to sing along to, including "Barracuda," "Dog & Butterfly," "Crazy on You," and "Even It Up." Touring in support of their all-encompassing new four-CD box set, "Strange Euphoria," the sisters, both playing acoustic guitars with a third musician adding more strum, brought sound to a show whose impact lies in photographers' abilities to represent sonics via a single, striking, silent moment. Read more. (Thank you Heart Monger Seattleboy for also reporting this!)

"Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present," the first major museum exhibit on rock & roll to spotlight the creative and collaborative role that photographers played in the history of rock music. Coming to the Annenberg Space for Photography in Los Angeles Summer 2012.