David Johansen, New York City, c. 1977 Size:16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Ramones were photographed at CBGB

Ramones were photographed at CBGB in 1977

and artistic circles

giving the portrait the immediacy of street photography rather than stage mythology

Larger formats are issued in limited editions and realized as gelatin silver prints for black and white images

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David Johansen, New York City, c. 1977 Size:16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm) Ramones were photographed at CBGBDavid Johansen photographed in New York City, c. 1977, by Bobby Grossman. As the frontman of the New York Dolls, David Johansen was a crucial bridge between the glam excess of the early 1970s and the punk explosion that followed at CBGB and Max's Kansas City. The Dolls' raw, cross dressing theatricality influenced a generation of downtown bands even as the group itself burned out fast. Grossman caught Johansen in the easy, off stage intimacy that