Debbie Harry, New York City, c. 1978 (Color Portrait) Size:20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm) David Johansen was a crucial

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Printed from the original negative as a limited edition archival pigment print

Debbie Harry, New York City, c. 1978 (Color Portrait) Size:20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm) David Johansen was a crucialDebbie Harry photographed in New York City, c. 1978, by Bobby Grossman. By 1978 Blondie had broken through internationally, and Debbie Harry's image at once tough and luminous had become one of the most recognizable in popular music. Grossman, photographing her in color, captures the pop art saturation that suited her crossover moment, when the downtown punk scene was reshaping the global mainstream. The result reads less as a candid than as an icon