Elton John, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1972 Size:30 × 40 inches (76 × 102 cm) Printed on Hahnemühle German Edge

Printed on Hahnemühle German Edge ragged paper

His photograph preserves the immediacy of a shared room and a shared era

where performance and everyday life briefly overlap

contrasting with the energy of his live performances during the same period

Chris Stein’s archive is defined by this closeness to the people and rooms where the culture was being made

Elton John, Carnegie Hall, New York City, 1972 Size:30 × 40 inches (76 × 102 cm) Printed on Hahnemühle German EdgeOriginal photograph printed and hand signed by the photographer. Smaller formats are open edition archival pigment prints. Larger formats are issued in limited editions and realized as gelatin silver prints for black and white images, and as C prints for color photographs. All works are produced following museum grade archival standards. Each print is produced from the original negative or transparency, dated and hand signed by Bob Gruen on the front,