Allan Tannenbaum is a photographer in the United States. He has worked for the ''

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'' until it shut down in 1982, worked for Sygma Photo News until 2000, and then Polaris Images. He won a World Press Photo General News Award. He photographed many Rock icons in the 1970s and the ''

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'' referred to him as a Rock n' Roll photographer in 2007. In 1978, he photographed

Sid Vicious Simon John Ritchie (10 May 1957 – 2 February 1979), better known by his stage name Sid Vicious, was an English musician, best known as the second bassist for the punk rock band Sex Pistols. After his death in 1979 at the age of 21, he remai ...

in handcuffs leaving the hotel room where his girlfriend was dead. He photographed

The Ramones The Ramones were an American punk rock band formed in the New York City neighborhood Forest Hills, Queens in 1974. Known for helping establish the punk movement in the United States and elsewhere, the Ramones are often recognized as one of t ...

. He took the cover photograph for

Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela ( , ; born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and politician who served as the first president of South Africa f ...

's book ''

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''. The band

Devo Devo is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic line-up consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs ( Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a No. 14 ...

used a photo he took for the

for their album cover on ''

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''. He also did the cover photography for ''Ten Percent'', male vocal quartet

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's debut studio album released in 1976. He photographed performance artist Stephen Varble. In 2001 he photographed the aftermath of the

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terrorist attack. He wrote about New York in the 1970s and his experiences. He photographed

John Lennon John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer-songwriter, musician and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's ...

and

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nude in bed together. Bibliography *''New York in the 70s'' by Allan Tannenbaum (2003) *''New York'' by Allan Tannenbaum (2004) *''John and Yoko: A New York Love Story'' by Allan Tannenbaum (2007) *Grit and Glamour - The Street Style, High Fashion, and Legendary Music of the 1970s (2016)

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