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Between 1978 and 1982 Dire Straits became instantly huge in Italy, let alone worldwide. I shot the band many times and they allowed me to stay with them at Power Station studios in New York while recording the Making Movies album. I got to shoot Mark while he was actually recording his guitar parts on Telegraph Road. We got on very well and he wasnt bothered by my noisy presence in the studio with him.
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Meeting Robert Wyatt was one of the most moving experiences ever. While in Milano to promote his Wrong Movements book, he suddenly started crying as he heard some Soft Machine music playing in the background. He appeared as a very fragile and desperate man. As we wandered in the park with his wife Alfie we saw this huge leafless tree. As I positioned him and his wheelchair near the tree, I thought I'd shoot him as one with the old tree to get an idea of solitary but fierce strength.
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The Police during the Reggatta De Blanc tour. The set was improvised in their hotel, the shoot was very quick as they were restless and very self-conscious of their quickly growing superstardom. They used several of these photos for the 1981 official calendar.
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Nick Cave in the 90s at the time of Henrys Dream. He remained speechless for the whole shoot and was only worried by his swelling right hand which had been stung by a bee.
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This is one of my signature photographs. Peter Gabriel in full Shock The Monkey make-up in a hotel gents in Sanremo where he was due to perform that song at the famous music festival. A bunch of images from this shoot later appeared on tour programs and on the remastered edition of Peter's 4th album.
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Another hero of mine and a true original, John Martyn agreed to be photographed in his backyard, somewhere in London. He was nervous and distraught as he was going through the motions of separation from his wife Beverly. By the way, is that a spliff?
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Jeff Buckley was quite impressed when I told him I did photograph his father Tim back in 1974. What a remarkable and unique talent he and his father had in common and how ominous this photo is now knowing we would soon lose him. This was shot during the rehearsals in a club in Milano, on the eve of his first ever Italian concert.
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From the mid-Seventies, until he died, Ive often done tour photography in Europe for Bill Graham, the legendary rock entrepreneur, particularly for Santana. We were both Dylanites and when he launched a European tour of Dylan with Carlos Santana in 1984, he called me again. This portrait was taken in Sirmione, near Verona, in Italy on the eve of the first date of the tour. The nice thing was that lots of my photos ended up on the official tour program and on Dylans Real Live album cover.
