Unframed Devo photo | Allan Tannenbaum

Unframed photo print, edition of 50, 17x22. Frame: $300 additional 

Pausing for a moment, Devo relaxes in their comfortable Bermuda shorts to assess the latest in fashion trends. Showing the band’s fresh approach, Devo knows that no hair tonic suggestion from a magazine can match their Groom ‘n Clean policy for proper maintenance of footwear and the scalp. Photographer Allan Tannenbaum helped set the stage with a warm toned backdrop to accentuate the color of their jerseys, featuring lighting that highlights the shiny black hair, belts and shoes of the band. This print will look sharp on your wall.

Allan Tannenbaum has been photographing since the 1960s. After college he gravitated to the nascent art scene in the SoHo district of Manhattan. When the SoHo Weekly News commenced publication in 1973, Tannenbaum became the Photo Editor and Chief Photographer. Tannenbaum relentlessly covered the art world, music scene, politics, show business and nightlife. The high point of this period was photographing John Lennon and Yoko Ono nude in bed – the low point was the murder of John Lennon 10 days later. Tannenbaum photographed Sid Vicious in handcuffs leaving the hotel room where his girlfriend was dead. He took the cover photograph for Nelson Mandela's book Long Walk to Freedom. Devo used one of his photos for their album cover on Duty Now for the Future. Tannenbaum got the biggest and most dangerous story of his career just six blocks from his home – the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Tannenbaum photographed the explosion of the second plane and Ground Zero between tower collapses.