Elvis Costello, Hoover Factory, London, 1978, photographed by Chalkie Davies.
Chalkie Davies

Elvis Costello, Hoover Factory, London, 1978

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Elvis Costello's early song "Hoover Factory" was about the Art Deco building he passed every day on his way to work as a computer operator. When the Sunday Times commissioned Chalkie Davies to photograph Costello in early 1978, he chose the factory gates on Western Avenue as the location, a private joke since almost no one knew the song yet.

Made with a wide-angle lens about fifteen inches from Costello's face, the picture catches the impish look in his eyes. Davies calls him "the best new British singer/songwriter to have come along in decades."

Photograph by Chalkie Davies. Available as a print signed by the artist. Sizes, edition details and price on request.

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Photographer
Chalkie Davies
Title
Elvis Costello, Hoover Factory, London, 1978
Subject
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On request
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Photographer
Chalkie Davies
Photography
Chalkie Davies

From the last night of Ziggy Stardust to The Specials' first album, Chalkie Davies photographed the musicians who shaped British music in the 1970s and 1980s, for the NME, The Face and Rolling Stone.

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