Joey Ramone, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981, Performing John Lennon preserving the interpersonal atmosphere surrounding

preserving the interpersonal atmosphere surrounding the band during Grecco's early music work

giving the portrait the immediacy of street photography rather than stage mythology

trading intimacy for the charge of live performance

then across a restless solo career

photographed by Allan Tannenbaum in 1974

Joey Ramone, Boston, Massachusetts, 1981, Performing John Lennon preserving the interpersonal atmosphere surroundingMichael Grecco captures Joey Ramone in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1981, standing at the microphone with one arm raised in a charged stage gesture. The black and white frame emphasizes the lean vertical rhythm of the microphone stand, Ramone's posture, and the dark performance space around him. The photograph situates Joey within the live energy of the Ramones while preserving the stripped down immediacy central to Grecco's punk era work.