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20 × 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 × 12 in. (46 × 30 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).
“Marvin was performing at the Royal Albert Hall, but photographers weren’t allowed in for the show. I went to the stage door two hours before the concert and tried to convince security that I worked for the Daily Mirror and had special permission, despite having no press credentials. I was 19 at the time, so felt I could get away with it and eventually they got so tired they let me in. The seating is quite set back, so it felt like I had the whole show to myself. I knelt at the front of the stage for the whole show. Sometimes Marvin was so close to me I couldn’t get a good shot! At this point I his life, Marvin was beset by tax and drug problems and had filed for bankruptcy. He had fled to Hawaii and had been living in a bread van. There was not an empty seat in the Albert Hall and Marvin sang his heart out. It was pure magic and pure soul.” 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.
20 × 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 × 12 in. (46 × 30 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).
“Marvin was performing at the Royal Albert Hall, but photographers weren’t allowed in for the show. I went to the stage door two hours before the concert and tried to convince security that I worked for the Daily Mirror and had special permission, despite having no press credentials. I was 19 at the time, so felt I could get away with it and eventually they got so tired they let me in. The seating is quite set back, so it felt like I had the whole show to myself. I knelt at the front of the stage for the whole show. Sometimes Marvin was so close to me I couldn’t get a good shot! At this point I his life, Marvin was beset by tax and drug problems and had filed for bankruptcy. He had fled to Hawaii and had been living in a bread van. There was not an empty seat in the Albert Hall and Marvin sang his heart out. It was pure magic and pure soul.” 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.