Lou Reed performing with guitar, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981, photographed by Michael Grecco.
Michael Grecco

Lou Reed, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981, Performing With Guitar

Lou Reed
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This black-and-white performance photograph shows Lou Reed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1981, standing with guitar beneath a spare stage light. Michael Grecco frames Reed with minimal distraction, letting the microphone, instrument, and turned gaze define the scene. The image brings Grecco's early music archive into conversation with a foundational figure in rock and downtown music culture, while remaining grounded in the observable immediacy of the live moment.

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Photographer
Michael Grecco
Title
Lou Reed, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981, Performing With Guitar
Subject
Lou Reed
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Photographer
Michael Grecco
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Michael Grecco

Award-winning photographer whose archive documents the emergence of punk, post-punk, and new wave alongside an acclaimed career in celebrity and editorial photography.

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