Peter Cunningham is an American photographer who is best known for his concert and theater photographs made in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s. His teachers include Baptist fisherman Lester Tate, dancer Martha Myers, French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Zen Master Bernie Glassman and singer-songwriter Janis Ian. Peter has exhibited his photographs and StillFilms in New York, Krakow, London, Paris, Tokyo, Jerusalem, Kigali, Nanjing, Beijing, Berlin and Grand Manan, Canada.
Photographic subjects include: Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Julio Iglesias, Robin Williams, Al Pacino, Mariah Carey, Richard Gere, The Knicks, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera, Little Shop of Horrors, and Radio City Music Hall.
Clients include Columbia Records, Warner Bros Records, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Texaco, Chase Bank, The New York Yankees, Serious Eats, Tassajara Zen Mountain Center, The One Club, Carnegie Hall, Live Nation, Rolling Stone, The Reading and Writing Project, and The New York Times.
He teaches “Photography as Zen Practice” in the US and China. is co-author with Peter Matthiessen of “Are You There Yet? A Zen Journey through Space and TIme,” and is a founding member of“The Order of DisOrder”.
Bruce Springsteen performing in 1973 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia as the opening act for Chicago.
Bruce Springsteen performing in 1973 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia as the opening act for Chicago.
Bruce Springsteen performing in 1973 at The Spectrum in Philadelphia as the opening act for Chicago.
Bruce Springsteen at his first photo shoot at Columbia Records, New York in 1973
Bruce Springsteen at his first photo shoot at Columbia Records, New York in 1973
Madonna at the start of her career in October 1982 in Greenwich Village, New York
An early shot of Madonna taken in October 1982 in Soho, New York City.
Madonna on an early photo shoot in Grenwich Village, New York in October 1982.
Madonna in October 1982 photographed outside St Anthony's Church in New York.
Madonna in October 1982 on one of her earliest photo shoots in Soho, New York
Madonna posing on Greenwich Street, New York on an early photo shoot in October 1982
Madonna in October 1982 photographed on Houston Street, New York
The White Stripes give an electric performance on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival in June 2002
Pharell Williams in 2015 on the Pyramid Stage at the Glastonbury Festival
Jarvis Cocker performing one of his signature moves with Pulp on The Park Stage during the 2011 Glastonbury Festival
Stormzy lights up the Pyramid stage at the 2019 Festival wearing a Banksy designed Union Jack vest
Queen are a British rock band credited with making significant contributions to such genres as hard rock & heavy metal, among others.
Adam and the Ants were an English new wave band active during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The group existed from 1977 to 1982.
Liam Gallagher is best known as the charismatic, self-assured front man of Manchester Britpop band Oasis.
Blondie is a American rock band founded by Debbie Harry & Chris Stein that pioneered the New York new wave & punk scenes of the 1970s.
Curated collection of authentic, signed limited edition fine art prints by legendary rock music photographer, Mck Rock
Our contact sheet collection is a rare opportunity to look back at the hidden moments surrounding some of rocks most iconic images.
This print collection by Jill Furmanovsky contains images of Oasis on-the-road, onstage and recording in the studio during their zenith.
