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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).
“The Nashville Rooms was a big, grotty room at the back of the Greyhound pub on Fulham Palace Road. It was a music mecca for about five years and was where many bands including the Sex Pistols and The Police got some of their first shows, and this was an early gig for The Pretenders. I hadn’t been commissioned to photograph them, but I was curious about the band as there was a real buzz about them. I like this photo for its structure and light as much as for Chrissie’s pose. It was recently republished by a US magazine, accompanied by Chrissie’s memories. Although she could no longer remember where her Gibson SG guitar had vanished to, she did recall that she was wearing her plastic Fiorucci trousers that night.” 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).
“The Nashville Rooms was a big, grotty room at the back of the Greyhound pub on Fulham Palace Road. It was a music mecca for about five years and was where many bands including the Sex Pistols and The Police got some of their first shows, and this was an early gig for The Pretenders. I hadn’t been commissioned to photograph them, but I was curious about the band as there was a real buzz about them. I like this photo for its structure and light as much as for Chrissie’s pose. It was recently republished by a US magazine, accompanied by Chrissie’s memories. Although she could no longer remember where her Gibson SG guitar had vanished to, she did recall that she was wearing her plastic Fiorucci trousers that night.” 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.