Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop, Sunglasses Portrait I, New York City, 1977 Size:30x40 inch / 75x100 cm Original photograph printed and hand-signed

Original photograph printed and hand-signed by the photographer

Archival pigment print produced from the original negative and stamped on the verso by the photographer

Christopher Parker was photographed on the Bowery in 1977

His pictures carry the authority of participation

recording the scene without the polish of later retrospection

Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop, Sunglasses Portrait I, New York City, 1977 Size:30x40 inch / 75x100 cm Original photograph printed and hand-signedMade in New York City in 1977, this portrait of Debbie Harry and Iggy Pop with sunglasses concentrates the style, wit, and self possession of the downtown music scene. The image links two distinct but intersecting currents in the history of punk and new wave. Chris Steins archive is defined by this closeness to the people and rooms where the culture was being made. His pictures carry the authority of participation, recording the scene without the