"They were saying, they are so fat & ugly we aren’t putting that in our paper. They just didn’t want to see women like that."

#TheSlits were everything girls in a band weren’t supposed to be before #punk Girls unconditional. #TheSlits
#InternationalWomensDay
📸 #PennieSmith

Photo choisie comme pochette de l’album London Calling (1979).
Ce cliché mythique de Pennie Smith est pris le 20 septembre 1979 au Palladium, NY : Paul Simonon fracasse sa basse sur scène. Image brute et floue, symbole de l’énergie punk et de l’esprit rebelle de The Clash.
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#TheClash

#paulsimonon reached the grand old age of 70 today

Congratulations to him

The photo of him smashing his #fenderbass onstage with #theclash by #penniesmith is regarded as THE iconic live shot

Seen here with #DonLetts at the Coronet cinema in Notting Hill after viewing his film #WestwaytotheWorld

........15/12 seconds before London Calling #PaulSimonon #PennieSmith

The Clash 1982 by Pennie Smith

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Debbie Harry

#Sunday girl
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46 years since Pennie Smith thought “Paul’s in a bad mood” and her finger went off. 📷
#TheClash #PennieSmith 🖤

“They all got wet when he smashed that thing … “ September 20, 1979 ~ Paul Simonon, frustrated because the crowd at The Palladium in New York City isn’t standing, smashes his instrument on stage. The shot is snapped by Pennie Smith, who thi…

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"He was in a really bad mood and that wasn’t like him. It wasn’t a choice to take the shot. My finger just went off." #PennieSmith
📸 Pennie Smith on a bullet train in Japan by Joe Strummer

46 years ago today
Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979.

She made one of the most famous images in (punk) rock history.

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Madness (1979) © Pennie Smith

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“Paul, Mick, Tops and me are all big history nuts. We had the same brain set.” #PennieSmith
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45 years ago today
Pennie Smith photographed Paul Simonon of The Clash at the New York Palladium, September 20, 1979.

She made one of the most famous images in (punk) rock history.

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #PaulSimonon #penniesmith #history #punkrockhistory #otd