Pop Up, London
Held: Three Decades of Artists and Their Gibson Guitars
Scarlet Page at The Gibson Gallery
Legendary music photographer Scarlet Page has spent more than three decades capturing music legends live on stage. On the road with the Foo Fighters, in Robbie Williams’ dressing room, in the pit at Glastonbury – Scarlet has built one of rock music photography’s greatest live music archives.
In her new exhibition Held: Three Decades of Artists and Their Gibson Guitars, Scarlet curates over 30 years of music portraits to celebrate the power of live music and the legacy of Gibson guitars.
Alex Turner is captured at Glastonbury 2023 during the Arctic Monkeys’ triumphant return to Worthy Farm, AC/DC’s Angus Young is shot while supporting The Rolling Stones in 2003, a snap of The Darkness comes from Scarlet’s year on the road with the band in 2004 as their official photographer, and Paul Weller is caught backstage at Royal Albert Hall for a Teenage Cancer Trust benefit, a charity Scarlet has supported throughout her career.
Also featuring in Held are Lenny Kravitz, Jack White, Wolf Alice, Jimmy Page, Yusuf/Cat Stevens, The Cure’s Robert Smith, Michael Kiwanuaka, Placebo’s Brian Molko, Stereophonics’ Kelly Jones, The Stone Roses’ John Squire, Geese’s Cameron Winter and Kiss’ Paul Stanley.
In the often male-dominated world of rock, Scarlet became one of the most prominent female rock photographers of her generation.
“It’s been such a pleasure delving into my archive and rediscovering these photographs. Now more than ever, we need live music and I hope this exhibition reminds people of the power it has to bring us together. The collection brings together live, candid and studio moments, each capturing a different side of the artists I’ve had the privilege to photograph and their relationship with their Gibson.”
Scarlet Page
Held: Three Decades of Artists and Their Gibson Guitars will open at The Gibson Garage London on Wednesday 23 September – for early access and information on events subscribe to the Collector’s Club here.
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Location: The Gibson Garage London, 61 – 62 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8NQ.
Opening Times: Monday to Friday from 11:00 – 19:00, Saturday from 10:00 – 19:00, and Sunday from 12:00 – 18:00.
