After living in Hawaii, Washington, Texas, Cuba, Boston and California, Ralph Fales taught himself photography and darkroom techniques in Iceland. This is where he first learned of and listened to American Blues with his local friends, so as he says "Icelanders taught me about the blues"
On moving back to Texas with his camera, he set up a darkroom in his bath and talked his way into unpaid jobs as “house photographer” in La Bastille, Liberty Hall and the Texas Opry House as well as a number of visits to The Continental Club, here Ralph was able to meet and photograph many of the great jazz and blues musicians that were passing through Louisiana and Texas at the time.
Bob Marley relaxing with friends and family after a show in Houston, Texas in 1976
Bob Marley performing onstage at 400 Years, Houston, Texas in 1976
Fats Domino performing at the Texas Opry House, Houston in November 1975
In the studio in Santa Monica, California in 1980, Bob Dylan is captured whilst leaning on his guitar case.
Sex Pistols on the set for the 'Pretty Vacant' video shoot at the ITN Studios, London in June 1977
Early shot of The Fall at Central Station Car Park, Manchester in the summer of 1978
Angus Young, from AC/DC, captured in a small street outside a press meeting in Copenhagen in 1977
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The Stranglers are one of the most enduring bands to have come out of the punk scene with an uncompromising attitude and idiosyncratic style
Critics have called The Smiths the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s.
Jill Furmanovsky is one of the greatest ever rock & roll photographers with a huge archive of iconic shots of the world's best music artists
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For eight years photographer Brian Duffy worked with David Bowie and shot his most iconic and enduring images. View his fantastic collection
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