Run-DMC on stage, University of Chicago campus, 1985 (signed print, edition of 25) by Lawrence Watson
Run-DMC on stage, University of Chicago campus, 1985
20 x 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 x 12 in. (46 × 30.5 cm) image silver gelatin exhibition print.
Edition of 25, hand-signed by photographer Lawrence Watson.
£155 from every sale of this print is donated to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness (charity number 271028).
This signed, limited edition, exhibition-grade print captures Run-DMC on stage at the University of Chicago in 1985.
“This was the first shoot on my first trip to America. It was a mind-blowing time – lad from a council estate gets flown to America to photograph amazing music at its inception! There was nothing more thrilling for me at the time. I thought hip-hop would be successful, it felt like a breath of fresh air for the music scene, but I had no idea how big it would become. We spent one night in Chicago to cover the show, then travelled to New York for the NME cover shoot in Manhattan. I think they viewed us as these weird white boys from England who’d come to write about hip-hop at a time when the music wasn’t really recognised at home.” Lawrence Watson
Lawrence first travelled to the United States in March 1985 to shoot the early stars of hip-hop for NME. It was the first of over ten trips he would make in the next two years, documenting the artists who took hip-hop from block parties to the Billboard charts.
Lawrence Watson’s portraits of music royalty have visually defined our favourite musicians for decades. For Print Matters, Lawrence shares an exclusive collection of signed, limited edition prints of his globally renowned work.
Print Matters exclusively represents the Lawrence Watson archive, please contact Print Matters with any image usage requests.
Run-DMC on stage, University of Chicago campus, 1985
20 x 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 x 12 in. (46 × 30.5 cm) image silver gelatin exhibition print.
Edition of 25, hand-signed by photographer Lawrence Watson.
£155 from every sale of this print is donated to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness (charity number 271028).
This signed, limited edition, exhibition-grade print captures Run-DMC on stage at the University of Chicago in 1985.
“This was the first shoot on my first trip to America. It was a mind-blowing time – lad from a council estate gets flown to America to photograph amazing music at its inception! There was nothing more thrilling for me at the time. I thought hip-hop would be successful, it felt like a breath of fresh air for the music scene, but I had no idea how big it would become. We spent one night in Chicago to cover the show, then travelled to New York for the NME cover shoot in Manhattan. I think they viewed us as these weird white boys from England who’d come to write about hip-hop at a time when the music wasn’t really recognised at home.” Lawrence Watson
Lawrence first travelled to the United States in March 1985 to shoot the early stars of hip-hop for NME. It was the first of over ten trips he would make in the next two years, documenting the artists who took hip-hop from block parties to the Billboard charts.
Lawrence Watson’s portraits of music royalty have visually defined our favourite musicians for decades. For Print Matters, Lawrence shares an exclusive collection of signed, limited edition prints of his globally renowned work.
Print Matters exclusively represents the Lawrence Watson archive, please contact Print Matters with any image usage requests.
Run-DMC on stage, University of Chicago campus, 1985
20 x 16 in. (51 × 41 cm) print with 18 x 12 in. (46 × 30.5 cm) image silver gelatin exhibition print.
Edition of 25, hand-signed by photographer Lawrence Watson.
£155 from every sale of this print is donated to mental health charity Rethink Mental Illness (charity number 271028).
This signed, limited edition, exhibition-grade print captures Run-DMC on stage at the University of Chicago in 1985.
“This was the first shoot on my first trip to America. It was a mind-blowing time – lad from a council estate gets flown to America to photograph amazing music at its inception! There was nothing more thrilling for me at the time. I thought hip-hop would be successful, it felt like a breath of fresh air for the music scene, but I had no idea how big it would become. We spent one night in Chicago to cover the show, then travelled to New York for the NME cover shoot in Manhattan. I think they viewed us as these weird white boys from England who’d come to write about hip-hop at a time when the music wasn’t really recognised at home.” Lawrence Watson
Lawrence first travelled to the United States in March 1985 to shoot the early stars of hip-hop for NME. It was the first of over ten trips he would make in the next two years, documenting the artists who took hip-hop from block parties to the Billboard charts.
Lawrence Watson’s portraits of music royalty have visually defined our favourite musicians for decades. For Print Matters, Lawrence shares an exclusive collection of signed, limited edition prints of his globally renowned work.
Print Matters exclusively represents the Lawrence Watson archive, please contact Print Matters with any image usage requests.
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