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Danny Fields, Joey Ramone and David Johansen outside CBGB in New York City, photographed by Bob Gruen in 1977.
The New York Underground
Bob Gruen — Danny Fields, Joey Ramone & David Johansen, CBGB, 1977
The Punk Catalog
Three architects of punk, caught at its doorway.
Explore the Catalog
Mick Rock — Lou Reed, Mick Jagger & David Bowie, Café Royale, London, 1973
Mick Rock’s personal vintage prints archive
Mick Rock — David Bowie, 1973
The Man Who Shot the Seventies
Unique vintage prints from Mick Rock’s personal archive, signed by the artist, and limited editions stamped by the estate.
Explore Mick Rock
Ramones on stage at CBGB, New York City, 1976, photographed by Roberta Bayley.
The Birth of Punk
Roberta Bayley — Ramones, CBGB, New York City, 1976
Ramones.
CBGB, 1976.
At the epicenter of New York punk.
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Signed and certified photographs
by artists who documented
an unrepeatable era in music history.

Each work is printed from the original negative or transparency and produced to museum-grade archival standards. Limited and open editions, authorized by the photographer.

About the gallery
Featured Artist: Ebet Roberts

Few photographers have documented music with the range, intimacy, and consistency of Ebet Roberts. Beginning with New York’s downtown scene in 1977, she went on to photograph defining artists across punk, rock, alternative music, jazz, and beyond. Her vast archive captures both the intensity of live performance and the unguarded moments surrounding it, creating an extraordinary visual history of modern music.

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Press

“Rock photography pioneer Bob Gruen resuscitates 1970s New York — his prints transcend the genre and enter the realm of art.”

Vanity Fair

“For more than half a century, boxes of vintage prints by Mick Rock — “the man who shot the seventies” — remained sealed and unseen. Today, they resurface for the first time, offering an intimate view of the photographer who shaped the visual identity of rock music.”

L'Oeil de la Photographie

“Legendary rock photographer Bob Gruen's new exhibition will take your breath away.”

A Rabbit's Foot

“Through an extraordinary private collection of vintage images, Bob Dylan’s mark on music photography is revealed at Paris Photo with The Music Photo Gallery.”

Les Echos

“Sebastián Alderete created The Music Photo Gallery, representing and exhibiting some of music’s most iconic photographers.”

Noticias

“An Argentine gallerist preserves thirty photographs taken in New York in 1964, the year the great singer-songwriter emerged, revealing the story behind this precious legacy.”

La Nación

“Bob Gruen looks back on a life in music photography, where rock and roll, personal freedom, and the rare authority of vintage prints converge.”

L'Oeil de la Photographie

“Bob Gruen’s original 1970s prints return to the walls, reviving a landmark exhibition that helped establish music photography as fine art.”

L'Oeil de la Photographie

“Daniel Kramer’s unique 1964–65 vintage prints preserve Bob Dylan’s transformation and an irreplaceable chapter in the history of music photography.”

L'Oeil de la Photographie