bob dylan in greenwich village, johnny cash at folsom prison, and miles vis in the boxing ring. but with his success, came excess. >> i've always liked cars, guns cars and guns have gotten me in trouble, cameras haven't. grew, so, too, did his reputation for being abrasive and difficult to work with. a situation made only worse by a growing cocaine addiction-- one that would lead to arrests and a gun conviction. >> i met jim later on in his career in 1998. so, he really wasn't doing a lot of hephotography. as living off of his photographs. i mean, he was, he was really well known at that point. he was selling in galleries. he did a lot of licensing. so he really didn't have to work anymo. and he was still doing a lot of cocaine. >>eporter: you actually quit the job twice and came back twice. > i did, i did. >> reporter: what made you come back both times ? >> i kept coming back because it was the photography. wu know, there this incredible photographer that took these amazinpieces of history. and i just thought it would be horrible if this was lost. >> reporter: but there was a