Sid Vicious & Johnny Rotten Hold Hands
Photograph
1977 (photographed)
1977 (photographed)
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Bob Gruen (1945) is a renowned photographer of rock groups, particularly important in his documenting the Punk and New Wave scenes of England and America in the mid 1970s. His photography career started with photographs of Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and has included Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Madonna.
This photograph of Rotten (1956) and Vicious (1957-1979) was taken by Gruen in 1977, when the Sex Pistols were recording a show for radio station Radio Luxembourg.
This photograph of Rotten (1956) and Vicious (1957-1979) was taken by Gruen in 1977, when the Sex Pistols were recording a show for radio station Radio Luxembourg.
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| Materials and techniques | Gelatin-silver print |
| Brief description | Black and white medium shot photograph of Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious taken by Bob Gruen. Jamie Reid archive. |
| Physical description | Black and white medium shot photograph, of Sid Vicious, left, and Johnny Rotten, right, pulling faces and holding hands. |
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| Summary | Bob Gruen (1945) is a renowned photographer of rock groups, particularly important in his documenting the Punk and New Wave scenes of England and America in the mid 1970s. His photography career started with photographs of Bob Dylan at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, and has included Ike and Tina Turner, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and Madonna. This photograph of Rotten (1956) and Vicious (1957-1979) was taken by Gruen in 1977, when the Sex Pistols were recording a show for radio station Radio Luxembourg. |
| Other number | R.222 - Creator's reference no. |
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| Accession number | S.890-1990 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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