Bob Marley performing at Crystal Palace Bowl, London, 7 June 1980
20 x 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 × 12 in. (46 × 30.5 cm) image silver gelatin exhibition print.
Edition of 25. Hand-signed by photographer David Corio.
£155 from every sale of this print is donated to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness (charity number 271028).
This signed, limited edition photographic print captures Bob Marely in his final London performance.
“Bob Marley was really difficult to shoot. He was almost in a trance, dancing like a shaman. His locks were thrashing around. It didn't make it easier that I was standing chest-deep in a lake at the time. I got down to my last shot, the 37th frame on my last roll of film and waited – and just managed to capture it all at the right moment. There have been a few times over the years when, just as you click the shutter, you feel that you’ve got it. This was one of them. I was 20, just starting, and I’d only done a dozen jobs. I wouldn’t have known at the time he was ill” - David Corio
Since he was 16 years old, pioneering photographer David Corio has built an unparalleled six-decade music photography archive. Corio has spent almost 50 years in recording studios, backstage dressing rooms and major cultural events, documenting the 20th century’s most groundbreaking musicians.
Bob Marley performing at Crystal Palace Bowl, London, 7 June 1980
20 x 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 × 12 in. (46 × 30.5 cm) image silver gelatin exhibition print.
Edition of 25. Hand-signed by photographer David Corio.
£155 from every sale of this print is donated to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness (charity number 271028).
This signed, limited edition photographic print captures Bob Marely in his final London performance.
“Bob Marley was really difficult to shoot. He was almost in a trance, dancing like a shaman. His locks were thrashing around. It didn't make it easier that I was standing chest-deep in a lake at the time. I got down to my last shot, the 37th frame on my last roll of film and waited – and just managed to capture it all at the right moment. There have been a few times over the years when, just as you click the shutter, you feel that you’ve got it. This was one of them. I was 20, just starting, and I’d only done a dozen jobs. I wouldn’t have known at the time he was ill” - David Corio
Since he was 16 years old, pioneering photographer David Corio has built an unparalleled six-decade music photography archive. Corio has spent almost 50 years in recording studios, backstage dressing rooms and major cultural events, documenting the 20th century’s most groundbreaking musicians.
