David Johansen, New York City, c. 1977 Size:16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Limited edition print

Limited edition print

Chris Stein’s relationship to this scene was direct and participatory

Sheila Rock's 1980 photograph of Sade Adu should be normalized under the verified subject and year already present in Shopify

this portrait of Richard Hell belongs to one of the central rooms of downtown punk

David Johansen, New York City, c. 1977 Size:16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Limited edition printDavid Johansen photographed in New York City, c. 1977, by Bobby Grossman. As the frontman of the New York Dolls, David Johansen was a crucial bridge between the glam excess of the early 1970s and the punk explosion that followed at CBGB and Max's Kansas City. The Dolls' raw, cross dressing theatricality influenced a generation of downtown bands even as the group itself burned out fast. Grossman caught Johansen in the easy, off stage intimacy that