and self-possession of the downtown music scene
one of the defining voices of New York’s no wave movement
Larger formats are issued in limited editions and realized as gelatin silver prints for black and white images
dated and hand-signed by the artist on the front
using the atmosphere of the Bowery to place the musician inside the city that shaped the archive
Debbie Harry, Gramercy Park, New York, 1978 Size:20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm) and self-possession of the downtownDebbie Harry on the street beside Gramercy Park in New York, 1978, photographed by Martyn Goddard during the sessions around Blondie's breakthrough. Dark sunglasses, a flash of red hood, a downtown sidewalk, the picture has the loose, candid feel of the city that made the band. Goddard travelled with Blondie through 1978 as they crossed from cult favourites into genuine stars, and his New York frames from that year are among the most evocative of the