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The Music Photo Gallery · Represented Photographer
Ebet Roberts
Portrait of the photographer
Biography
“I felt like that whole scene had to be documented.”
In the artist's
own words
own words
I basically wanted to make whomever I was photographing feel comfortable so that they would trust me.
Debbie Harry with Trumpet — Unique Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Debbie Harry Singing on Her Knees, My Father’s Place, Long Island, 1978 — Unique Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Debbie Harry Backstage, Full-Length Portrait — Unique Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Debbie Harry Reaching Toward the Audience — Unique Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Debbie Harry Playing Trumpet — Unique Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
Debbie Harry Backstage Portrait — Unique Vintage Gelatin Silver Print
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Exhibitions
Museum-scale productions drawn from Ebet Roberts's archive — available for museums, institutions and festivals worldwide.
Selected career exhibitions & projects
Career Exhibitions & Selected Projects
A selected record of museum and gallery presentations, publications, assignments and significant projects from Ebet Roberts's career.
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Ebet Roberts Vintage Prints Portfolio
The Music Photo Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2022
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Exhibition
Institutions:
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Museum, MoPOP and Hard Rock Cafe Collection
Permanent Collections
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Publications
Books
Monographs, catalogues and photography books from the archive.
This Ain't No Disco: The Story of CBGB
Trouser Press Books · 2024
The definitive insider history of CBGB, featuring firsthand stories from the musicians, staff, and regulars who shaped New York's legendary punk club. Includes a new foreword by Chris Frantz and previously unpublished photographs by Ebet Roberts.
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New York Punk
Excelsior Editions / State University of New York Press · 2026
A visual chronicle of New York's punk explosion in the late 1970s and early 1980s, featuring Ebet Roberts' intimate photographs of CBGB, the Lower East Side, and artists including Blondie, Talking Heads, the Sex Pistols, Lou Reed, Andy Warhol, and Nico.
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Permanent Collections
Selected museums and institutions whose permanent collections include work by Ebet Roberts.
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Rock & Roll Hall of FameCleveland, OH, USA
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Experience Music ProjectPermanent collection. Ebet Roberts’s photographs are represented in the permanent collection of the Experience Music Project, Seattle (now Museum of Pop Culture / MoPOP).Seattle, WA, USA
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GRAMMY MuseumPermanent collection. Ebet Roberts’s photographs are represented in the GRAMMY Museum’s permanent collection.Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Hard Rock CafePermanent collection. Ebet Roberts’s photographs are represented in the Hard Rock Cafe permanent collection.International
Selected Press
In the press.
Ebet Roberts ’63: Capturing the Decisive Moment
It is a Thursday night, early March 1977. Ebet Roberts ’63 is at CBGB, a dingy club located at 315 Bowery in Manhattan’s gritty East Village. She’s here to photograph a band, and CBGB* is considered the venue to see the up-and-coming punk and new wave bands exploding onto the music scene.
Before the Legends Were Legends: Ebet Roberts on the New York Punk Years
Ebet Roberts, a painter turned photographer, captured intimate musical moments before they faded.
The Mind’s Eye: Ebet Roberts
The Memphis-raised photographer has captured the heart and soul of rock-and-roll for more than four decades.
Ebet Roberts: Visions of Sound
The Annenberg Space for Photography features Roberts discussing her career documenting rock — from the emergence of punk in the late 1970s to the present — as part of its Who Shot Rock & Roll series.
Ebet Roberts — Acclaimed Photographer of Punk and New Wave
A career-spanning interview on photographing Blondie, Talking Heads and the Ramones at CBGB, with work now held by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammy Museum.
Baccalaureate Service: Photographer Ebet Roberts
The Memphis-raised photographer returned to her hometown as the invited speaker for Memphis College of Art's Baccalaureate ceremony.
Ebet Roberts — Author, New York Punk
State University of New York Press profiles Ebet Roberts as the photographer and author behind the monograph New York Punk.
New York Punk
A visual chronicle of New York's late-1970s punk explosion — Roberts' intimate photographs of CBGB and the Lower East Side — published by Excelsior Editions / SUNY Press.
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