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 Photographs He Kept
11 November 2026

The Photographs He Kept

Sebastian Alderete on Daniel Kramer’s first prints of Bob Dylan and the work of bringing his personal archive to collectors, fairs and institutions.

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A New Chapter for The Music Photo Gallery and the Mick Rock Estate
30 September 2026

A New Chapter for The Music Photo Gallery and the Mick Rock Estate

After more than a decade of exhibitions, archival work and friendship, The Music Photo Gallery becomes the primary gallery working in direct...

Exhibitions
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...

Archives
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