Debbie Harry, Gramercy Park, New York, 1978 Size:20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm) and self-possession of the downtown

and self-possession of the downtown music scene

preserving the contexts in which punk and post-punk artists moved between public performance and private intervals

Vintage prints from the period are available on request

The image reflects a moment of spontaneity and improvisation

using the atmosphere of the Bowery to place the musician inside the city that shaped the archive

Debbie Harry, Gramercy Park, New York, 1978 Size:20 × 24 in (50.8 × 61 cm) and self-possession of the downtownDebbie 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