Roberta Bayley
Roberta Bayley is an American photographer. She's known for her photographs of New York punk scene.[1]
Life
Bayley grew up in California[2] and attended San Francisco State University for three years before dropping out in 1971.[3][1] She then lived in London for three years. Bayley moved to New York in the spring of 1974.[4]
Bayley dated Richard Hell,[4] who got her a job working at CBGB.[1] She then got a job working for Peter Leeds, the manager of the band Blondie. While Bayley had taken a few photography classes in high school,[5] it wasn't until 1975 when she bought a camera to document what she saw going on in New York at the time.[1]
In 1976, she photographed the Ramones for Punk Magazine. The image became the cover of the band's first album.[6] Apparently the record label had initially hired a different photographer, but rejected his photos and instead selected Bayley's image.[7] Bayley served as chief phogorapher for Punk Magazine.[8]
In addition to her images of the Ramones, Bayley is known for her pictures of Debbie Harry of Blondie, The New York Dolls, The Heartbreakers, and Lester Bangs.[7]
Bayley still lives in New York's East Village.[4][9] In addition to several monographs of her work, her photographs have been published in seminal histories of punk including Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk and Blank Generation Revisited: The Early Days of Punk.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d Green, Penelope (2019-09-28). "Debbie Does Dress". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "Roberta Bayley: She Just Takes Pictures". www.grandlife.com. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ a b "Roberta Bayley". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ a b c "Punk Photographer Roberta Bayley". Museum of the City of New York. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ DeMarco, Nicole (2019-01-15). "These photographers documented New York's legendary punk scene". i-D. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ McDermon, Daniel (2016-04-07). "See the Ramones as You've Never Seen Them Before: Smiling". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ a b "Roberta Bayley, legendary punk photographer... | AllMusicBooks". www.allmusicbooks.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.
- ^ "Roberta Bayley, the queen of punk, on New York's raw years". Huck Magazine. 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2020-07-05.
- ^ "Thirsty : September 2007 : New York Doll: An interview with Roberta Bayley". www.staythirstymedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-09.