16 × 20 in. (41 × 51 cm) print with 12 × 18 in. (30 × 46 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).
“I shot Lee Perry at Mad Professor’s Ariwa studio in southeast London. Scratch was voicing a tune that has some of the most damning lyrics you are ever likely to hear. He called the tune ‘Chris Blackwell is a Vampire’, released in 1986 as ‘Judgement Inna Babylon’. Lee Perry is a gift to photographers as he never fails to perform for the camera, either on or off-stage. On this night he hammed it up by riding a broomstick in honour of Halloween. Because of his sense of fun and drama I got an incredible variety of shots despite only having a single roll of film with me. Some people consider Scratch mad, but in reality, he’s an eccentric genius in full control – some of the time at least.” 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.e
16 × 20 in. (41 × 51 cm) print with 12 × 18 in. (30 × 46 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).
“I shot Lee Perry at Mad Professor’s Ariwa studio in southeast London. Scratch was voicing a tune that has some of the most damning lyrics you are ever likely to hear. He called the tune ‘Chris Blackwell is a Vampire’, released in 1986 as ‘Judgement Inna Babylon’. Lee Perry is a gift to photographers as he never fails to perform for the camera, either on or off-stage. On this night he hammed it up by riding a broomstick in honour of Halloween. Because of his sense of fun and drama I got an incredible variety of shots despite only having a single roll of film with me. Some people consider Scratch mad, but in reality, he’s an eccentric genius in full control – some of the time at least.” 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.e
