207faces of Iggy

I worked with Iggy in 2003 in Miami Beach. Being “The Godfather of Punk,” he did not request any grooming or styling for the shoot, very unusual for stars of his caliber. Also, there was no publicist, just Iggy, my assistant, and I. He brought a pair of jeans and a white shirt, nothing else. I brought my brand new ring flash set up and lots of Black and White film; it turned out to be magic on the tanned and leathered skin of this legend. Iggy was “on” 100% from the moment we started, and we just had fun together. We shot for 1 hour, no break, a staccato of poses and expressions, before his girlfriend came to pick him up for a Halloween Party. When the portrait of the smiling Iggy came out, it immediately impacted my career. People were requesting the Iggy Pop light, and I went on to photograph many legends in the same light. This shoot was unique in a very special way: I was able to use nearly every picture of the 207, and now they all are NFTs, including the contact sheets, living forever on the blockchain.