Spike Waltzer Photographer

PICTURE THIS: A PUBLIC IMAGE
A collection of previously unseen photographs taken in LA. venues from 1978-1980 by Spike featuring:

Blondie, John Lydon & PiL, The Clash, Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, 999, Sham 69, The Undertones, The Go-Go's, John Cale, The Cramps, X and  more.

PTAPI also covers the extraordinary life of the photographer Spike who worked as a paparazzo in Hollywood before dedicating his life to activism and promotion of punk bands & punk ideology.

The exhibition consists of  30 previously unseen A2 framed prints along with Spike’s personal archive of contact sheets, zines, magazine covers, record releases and images from his life in LA and San Francisco’s anarchist, punk and queer scenes.

Alongside the prints the exhibition features words from L.A. Times music writer Don Snowden describing the mood of the city and circumstances that established L.A.’s local music scene and its venues as a ‘must-play’ for touring bands.