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open by appointment ... 1031 clouet st new orleans ... 415.235.7556

steve rapport photography

open by appointment ... 1031 clouet st new orleans ... 415.235.7556

every picture tells a story...

Joey Ramone #2

open by appointment ... 1031 clouet st new orleans ... 415.235.7556

every picture tells a story...

open by appointment ... 1031 clouet st new orleans ... 415.235.7556

every picture tells a story...

open by appointment ... 1031 clouet st new orleans ... 415.235.7556

every picture tells a story...

open by appointment ... 1031 clouet st new orleans ... 415.235.7556

every picture tells a story...

steve rapport photography

1031 clouet street new orleans ... 415.235.7556 ... open by appointment

this site & gallery feature the photography of steve rapport ,who documented the 80s music scene in London whilst also fighting for social and racial justice. steve now photographs (mostly) jazz in his adopted home town of new orleans.

every picture tells a story... and steve is more than happy to share the story behind your favorite photo... if he can remember it!

steve's stories

london calling

Out of the blue, I received a call from Rolling Stone, asking if I could take a photo of Joe Strummer running the 1983 London Marathon that coming Sunday...

the joe strummer story

the ace of spades

In September of 1982 I was dispatched to Chalk Farm by Sounds to meet with Motörhead’s bad boy bassist and singer Lemmy Kilmister in his manager’s office. I was ushered in, and there was Lemmy...

the lemmy story

loving the alien

After Every Picture Tells A Story, the next album I bought was The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, from a record shop on Cranbrook Road in Ilford (yes, home of the film I always used) in the summer of 1972...

the david bowie story

running up that hill

Given that she seemed notoriously shy and somewhat reclusive, I was surprised and rather delighted when I was sent to Abbey Road in late 1982 to photograph Kate Bush for a feature in Sounds...

the kate bush story

born in the usa

In August 1984, just a few months after my dad passed away and still feeling quite fragile, me and my mate Johnny Waller had to go to NYC to meet up with Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox...

the bruce springsteen story

bama lama bama loo

I drove down to Ridge Farm Recording Studio in Guildford, Surrey in October of 1985 to photograph Little Richard, who was recording his Lifetime Friend album with producer Stuart Coleman...

the little richard story

what's love got to do with it?

On May 16th 1985, my ex wife Rebecca and I sat around nervously for two long hours at Holborn Studio in Clerkenwell, biting our finger-nails while anxiously awaiting the arrival of Tina Turner...

the tina turner story

o.g. original gangster

The Vox photo editor said, “We want pictures of Ice-T holding a gun,” and I remember thinking, no-one on this planet tells Ice-T what to do. But what the hell? Doesn’t necessarily hurt to ask...

the ice-t story

testimonials

"one of rock music's greatest photographers"

damon minchella (ocean colour scene)

"you have caught my intent for decades"

dave wakeling (the english beat)

"maybe my favorite photos ever taken of me"

amy schumer

"i love your work"

beto o'rourke