The image reflects a moment of spontaneity and improvisation
preserving the contexts in which punk and post-punk artists moved between public performance and private intervals
Grossman captures a rare meeting of two figures who helped invent the culture around them
using the atmosphere of the Bowery to place the musician inside the city that shaped the archive
images like this one capture Mercury's command of a stage before Queen became a stadium act
Debbie Harry, Gramercy Park, New York, 1978 Size:20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm) The image reflects a momentDebbie Harry on the street beside Gramercy Park in New York, 1978, photographed by Martyn Goddard during the sessions around Blondie's breakthrough. Dark sunglasses, a flash of red hood, a downtown sidewalk, the picture has the loose, candid feel of the city that made the band. Goddard travelled with Blondie through 1978 as they crossed from cult favourites into genuine stars, and his New York frames from that year are among the most evocative of the