Debbie Harry in Motorcycle Jacket, New York City, 1977 Size:20x24 inch / 50x60 cm and Lou Reed at a

and Lou Reed at a defining moment in the evolution of modern rock

By 1978 Blondie had broken through internationally

reproduced from the original color transparency

captured during a defining moment in the early American folk revival

Debbie Harry in Motorcycle Jacket, New York City, 1977 Size:20x24 inch / 50x60 cm and Lou Reed at aMade in New York City in 1977, this portrait of Debbie Harry in a motorcycle jacket distills the visual confidence surrounding Blondies early years. Clothing, pose, and attitude become part of the language through which downtown music entered public consciousness. Chris Steins photographs of Harry are grounded in collaboration rather than distance. His camera registers the formation of an image from within the creative life that produced it. Open