Dennis Morris

Dennis Morris is a British artist who has used the camera to produce an in - depth body of work on extraordinary individuals.

Closely associated with music, Morris has created some of the most iconic and memorable images of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols, as well as the Marianne Faith ful l Broken English album cover. Morris also created the iconic Public Image Ltd logo and the band’s first two album sleeves, including the Metal Box.

His documentary work spans from the Sikh community of Southall, West London (the collection was later acquired by English Heritage), to the West Indian community of London’s East End (Growing Up Black ), and to working - class Londoners (This Happy Breed). Several books of his work have been published, including Music + Life, Bob Marley: A Rebel Life and Portraits of the King ; The Bollocks , on the Sex Pistols ; Growing Up Black and Colored Black , chronicle s of Black Britain in the 19 60s and 19 70s.

His work is well recognized and has been exhibited internationally at Arles Photography Festival, France; Kyotographie International Photography Festival, Kyoto; The Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; The Photographers’ Gallery, London; The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Tate Britain, London; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and The Rock a nd Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland; the Today Art Museum, Beijing and Laforet Museum, Tokyo.

His photographs are included in prestigious public and private collections, such as Tate Britain, The National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of London, and have appeared in numerous publications, including Rolling Stone , Time, GQ, Vogue, W, and Frieze. His work is included in books such as Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the Twentieth Century by Greil Marcus; Century by Bruce Bernard; and 100 Days of Active Resistance by Vivienne Westwood.