Debbie Harry with Suzi Quatro and Joan Jett, New York City, 1977 Ramones Patti Smith Group and John

Patti Smith Group and John Cale at The Bottom Line in New York City

Original photograph printed and hand-signed by Bob Gruen

Andres Calamaro

and remain some of the most recognisable photographs of the band's explosive first year

The encounter belongs to a cultural moment when downtown New York operated as a meeting ground for distinct avant-pop languages

Debbie Harry with Suzi Quatro and Joan Jett, New York City, 1977 Ramones Patti Smith Group and JohnMade in New York City in 1977, this image brings Debbie Harry, Suzi Quatro, and Joan Jett into a shared frame at a decisive moment for women in rock. The gathering points to a lineage of presence, style, and authorship within punk and new wave culture. Chris Steins position inside the downtown scene allowed him to record these encounters with uncommon proximity. His photographs move through the social spaces where musicians, artists, and performers