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The Who photographer Michael Putland

Catalogue No: WH001MPUT Artist(s): The Who, Pete Townshend Location: Madison Square Garden, USA Date: 1979 Era: The 1970's Edition: Michael Putland Limited Editions Print type: Silver Gelatin Print Paper type: Ilford Warmtone Fibre Based paper

Pete Townshend throws his guitar live at Madison Square Gardens in the US, 1979.

Michael Putland stated, “It has been a fantastic ride through an incredible period of music history, which combined my two great loves...music and photography. Little did I appreciate, when my Uncle Alan encouraged my photography back in the 1950s, that this would lead me to photographing nearly all of my heroes .... it’s been a great never-ending journey.”


For this shot, “I was on stage, you were in those days, right behind the amp, it’s incredible when you think back and it was the end of the show. Pete threw his guitar up and I just went like that. It was luck, it really was. It was just one frame - no auto-focus.” 

Michael Putland's limited edition prints are estate stamped, numbered and available in the following edition sizes:

16x12" Limited Edition of 50
20x16" Limited Edition of 50
24x20" Limited Edition of 20
40x30" Limited Edition of 15 (where available)

Size Price



16x12" £595.00
20x16" £775.00
24x20" £1,450.00
30x40" £3,500.00
Please note prices exclude VAT. All EU, USA and other non-UK countries will be charged the above prices at checkout. 20% VAT will be applied at checkout to UK purchases only.
  • Print type

    Silver Gelatin Print

    Paper type

    Ilford Warmtone Fibre Based paper is specifically designed for the creative printer wanting the ultimate in quality, with warm image colour and a high response to toning techniques. It is a premium quality, variable contrast, black and white photographic paper, coated onto a 255g/m2 fibre base.

    This product will, quite simply, deliver a final quality print unlike anything else you can use in the darkroom, which is why it is so extensively used around the world for exhibition printing. It consistently produces the superior quality expected from an ILFORD photographic paper, and it’s versatility and response to darkroom techniques never fails to please.

    'A series' print paper sizes

    Our prints are available in a variety of sizes. Please see below for specific measurements for the 'A series' of paper sizes.

    A3 (11.7" x 16.5" inches) (29.7 cm x 42.0 cm)
    A2 (16.5" x 23.4" inches) (42.0 cm x 59.4 cm)
    A1 (23.4" x 33.1" inches) (59.4 cm x 84.1 cm)
    A0 (33.1" x 46.8" inches) (84.1 cm x 118.9 cm)

    Please note all our sizes refer to the paper size of the print produced not the image size unless otherwise stated.

  • Delivery

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  • Framing

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    If you live outside of the UK, we are sorry we are unable to ship framed prints to you.

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