Debbie Harry, New York City, c. 1978 (Color Portrait) Size:20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm) recording the scene without the

recording the scene without the polish of later retrospection

Patti Smith was photographed on the Bowery in New York City in 1976

Christopher Parker was photographed on the Bowery in 1977

Prince photographed in Michigan in 1984

Debbie Harry, New York City, c. 1978 (Color Portrait) Size:20 x 24 in (50.8 x 61 cm) recording the scene without theDebbie Harry photographed in New York City, c. 1978, by Bobby Grossman. By 1978 Blondie had broken through internationally, and Debbie Harry's image at once tough and luminous had become one of the most recognizable in popular music. Grossman, photographing her in color, captures the pop art saturation that suited her crossover moment, when the downtown punk scene was reshaping the global mainstream. The result reads less as a candid than as an icon