The Music Photo Gallery

Journal

Writing from the gallery — on the photographers, the pictures, and the objects that shaped the visual history of music.

The Moment Is Now!
26 September 2026

The Moment Is Now!

An invitation to museum directors, curators, universities, art fairs and festivals to recognize music photography as fine art — and to preserve the vintage works, archives and firsthand knowledge that...

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The Artwork is not Only THE IMAGE
07 September 2026

The Artwork is not Only THE IMAGE

An iconic photograph can circulate everywhere without losing its power. Fine-art collecting begins with a different question: what makes a particular photographic...

Bob Gruen
Roberta Bayley Receives Abbey Road’s 2026 ICON Award
03 September 2026

Roberta Bayley Receives Abbey Road’s 2026 ICON Award

Roberta Bayley, the photographer behind some of punk’s defining images, receives Abbey Road’s 2026 ICON Award as renewed attention turns to her...

Abbey Road