Iggy Pop – New Values Album, 1979

A shirtless Iggy Pop, wrists bound with heavy rope and suspended from the ceiling of a Marylebone ballet school, hangs in a moment of extraordinary physical grace. Eyes downcast and contemplative, his lean, sculpted torso catches a strong side key light while a blue-gelled back light bathes the scene in cool, otherworldly shadow. In the background, ballet dancers hold their own poses — equally matched, it turned out, by their unlikely co-subject on the night.

This image — shot for the New Values album cover — was built entirely in-camera. Warm body make-up on Iggy was balanced against Kodak Wratten colour compensating filters stacked on the Hasselblad — including a CC10Y yellow filter with vaseline smeared along its edges to bleed the light at the periphery and add an ethereal, dreamlike softness to the frame. The camera was deliberately canted for added unease. No retouching, no going back. A shoot that required complete trust between photographer and art director — and delivered something genuinely unforgettable.

Each made to order print is produced using archival giclée printing on Canson Baryta gloss paper - a premium fine art paper favoured by professional photographers for its exceptional detail, rich tonal range, and long-lasting colour. Your print arrives with a certificate of authenticity, personally included with every order.

Photograph © Trevor Rogers. All rights reserved.