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February 1999 - Santa Monica, California Robert Sebree recollects: “Tom took an interest in a hot rodded ’54 Chevy pickup I had driven to a previous session, so even though I was still in the process of converting this ’54 Chevy panel delivery into a grip truck I decided to use it to haul my gear to the shoot. When I saw Tom’s eyes light up at the site of the van I think we both knew this shot was going to happen. After we finished the shoot we went out to the van and hung out. Tom would strum the guitar while we talked and then break into a song which was punctuated with the occasional photograph. The van unlocked some memories for Tom. His father had the same panel truck that he used to drive around Florida wholesaling cigarette lighters to grocery stores when Tom was a kid.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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1994 - Sound City, Van Nuys, California. Robert Sebree explains: “ Everyone immediately realized that Wildflowers had a special energy. It was powerful and palpable. The major changes Tom was going through, both personally and professionally, precipitated a prolific time for him. In this photograph Tom is tracking “It’s Good To Be King.” Wildflowers was his first solo album since Full Moon Fever, his first collaboration with producer Rick Rubin and his first album for his new label, Warner Brothers. Even though it was a solo album Tom leaned heavily on the musicianship of the Heartbreakers and this marked the introduction of drummer Steve Ferrone to the band. The chemistry was so good it bordered on alchemy.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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July 1993 - Woodland Hills, California Robert Sebree explains: “This is my homage to Richard Avedon’s portrait of the Chicago Seven. I chose to play with the form and use the broken format to introduce each band member twice creating a line-up that could not exist in a single frame. The pre-Photoshop era demanded solutions to be a bit less obvious. Of the countless ways that digital has impacted photography I believe this, the way we conceive of images, may be the most significant. After a few long days in Mike Campbell’s home recording studio with all of the Heartbreakers Tom suggested a band photo. The next day I arrived early and set-up a small seamless and a few lights in one bay of Mike’s garage. That night as the band members were headed to their cars I opened the door and flipped on the lights. It was a calculated risk springing a shot that was difficult to explain on exhausted band members after a long day. The set was only wide enough to shoot three band members at a time and I was standing outside in the dark shooting through the garage door with an old view camera. The confusion was compounded by the fact that I repositioned them after each sheet I exposed. Fortunately, Tom was intrigued by whatever I was trying to do so with his encouragement we knocked it out in just a few minutes. The images on the periphery of each frame are my favorite moments as they were unposed. Tom appreciated that this image gives a real sense of the personalities that made up the band. The tension developing between Tom and Stan is on full display here. It’s no wonder considering Stan’s stance in the far right frame and tangling with Tom in Benmont’s frame (far left) that just two weeks later at the Viper Room I would make my last images of Stan before he left the Heartbreakers. Tom chose this image for a benefit auction at the New York launch of Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers Runnin' Down A Dream on November 14, 2007." Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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January 2002 - Cello Studios, Hollywood, California Robert Sebree explains: “Tom’s previous album, Echo, was crafted during a pretty dark time for the band and I felt like we were setting the clock back to a better time when we went into the studio for The Last D.J. This album marked the return of Ron Blair to the Heartbreakers replacing Howie Epstein on bass after Howie had replaced Ron twenty years earlier.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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July 1994 - Encino, California Robert Sebree recalls: “This image was shot in Tom’s home studio. When his daughter, Adria, was researching images for the Wildflowers & All The Rest project she was delighted to discover it. Adria explained to me that she was surprised to find this image as it was a private space where Tom would “disappear with his coffee” to write songs and record demos. This room could be considered the birthplace for many of Tom’s songs.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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1994 - Sound City, Van Nuys, California. Robert Sebree remembers: "Tom recorded a lot of his tracks live—which was just amazing. Not a lot of bands have the chops to do that. The Heartbreakers were so tight, they made it look easy. Tom, Mike and Howie would sit in a triangle facing one another in the middle of the studio. The stool in the foreground is Mike’s. Howie was just off to Tom’s right with Benmont’s keyboards behind him. Steve was on drums off to Tom’s left." Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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1994 - Sound City, Van Nuys, California. Robert Sebree explains: “ In July of ‘93 I was asked to photograph Tom and the band as they worked on bonus tracks for Greatest Hits. I expected the project to take a day or two. I spent much of the next two years chronicling the recording of Wildflowers at Sound City in the Valley and Ocean Way in Hollywood. This was shot during the recording of "Climb the Hill" (released on Wildflowers & All the Rest).” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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August 1988 - Point Dume, California Robert Sebree recalls: “I made this photograph within minutes of first meeting Tom. When I introduced myself he smiled and said with a slow, exaggerated southern draw “If there’s anything I can do for you, you just let me know”. As we carefully made our way across some jagged rocks along the beach he mentioned that if he slipped he would bleed a steady stream of the weed he had flowing through his veins. You don’t forget that kind of “Hello”. At the time I had no point of reference to base this experience on but as we continued to work together over the years I came to realize the ease with which we got on from the beginning. Shortly after shooting this image, Tom’s art director requested a meeting. Rather than deferring to the label’s art department Tom would hire his own creative team so he could oversee the art himself. The cover to Full Moon Fever had already been determined but they were interested in my images for promotion. This image was used full-bleed for the album’s back cover.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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March 1999 - Santa Monica, California Robert Sebree recalls: “This shot was commissioned from the now defunct Tower Records to promote Tom’s third collaboration with Rick Rubin, Echo. Outtakes from this session were used on the cover of their publication Pulse!” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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February 1999 - Los Angeles, California Robert Sebree reflects: “This image was shot a few months before Tom remarried and he was in a great space. Tom was always more comfortable being photographed in his element than sitting for a formal portrait. I made a series of portraits during this period and sensed a greater level of trust. He was very content which I believe allowed him to connect with the camera and embrace the process with greater ease.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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March 1996 - Village Recording, West Hollywood, California. Robert Sebree reflects: “Tom was scoring his first film, She’s The One for Ed Burns. The timing was good and the project served as a welcome diversion from his ongoing divorce. He had moved out of the family house and was adjusting to living alone for the first time in years. Over lunch one day I mentioned that I was in the middle of my divorce which provided the common ground we needed to engage in topics a little deeper than our typical conversations. After a long day in the studio I would often get a call from Tom that would last for hours as we discussed everything except the day we had just spent together. He spoke as if we were going through the same thing and I argued that our circumstances were very different - most obviously that he had children and a mountain of assets. He made me realize that in the ways that mattered that we were experiencing a lot of the same pain, turmoil and uncertainty, as well as a sense of excitement—because our futures no longer seemed preordained.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
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March 1996 - Andora Studio, Hollywood, California Robert Sebree recalls: “Initially Tom agreed to be music director for the film She’s The One but quickly realized he was better suited to create music than to curate it and was persuaded to score his first film. Tom once referred to She’s The One as “almost volume two of Wildflowers” as many of the songs that comprise the album were outtakes from the Wildflowers sessions.” Prices are shown for unframed items, excluding VAT. VAT is added at checkout where applicable. Signed limited edition photographs are available in a choice of physical size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
