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The Libertines walking in Aberdeen
Roger recalls: This is an alternative frame from the iconic shot of the boys walking in Aberdeen. I included it because it’s another example, admittedly through the retrospective spectacles, of Peter being (literally) out of step with the others. In these situations, the ideal is to get that feeling of unity, a gang. Very often Peter would drift off.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
Reformed, London
Roger Sargent recalls: I’d never been particularly nervous or intimidated around a shoot with The Libertines before, but some time had passed since I’d seen Peter. I’d been shooting Carls band Dirty Pretty Things a lot and only seen Peter on a handful of occasions in six years. There was a ‘them’ or at least ‘him’ and ‘us’ feeling. At the time I was more concerned about my own feelings – Peter had become a kind of infamous tabloid figure and we read about him more than spent time with him. I could feel his nervousness and it made me feel more nervous. I feel stupid having thought this at the time, but it crossed my mind that the things we’d read might come true – he might smash things up or start a fight. Ludicrous how shitty tabloid spin can skew things.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
Carl Barat, NYC
Roger Sargent remembers: I paid for myself to go to New York to cover the east coast leg of their short tour. It was the first and I think last time I ever did that with any band —which is a measure of how important I thought it was to document.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
Carl Barat wearing Joe Strummer’s jacket, Rough Trade Party, London
Roger Sargent explains: Jeanette Lee was given that jacket by Joe Strummer. She gave it to Carl.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
On a sofa, Albion Rooms, London
Roger Sargent explains: This was a little set up, but the more posed frames look a little awkward. I like to leave people to see what happens though sometimes, unprompted.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
Peter and Carl, Cherry Jam Beatles, London
Roger recalls: This was a pivotal show for me. I’d had enough of the music industry, I’d moved out of London and was considering my options. My good friend and Libertine’s publicist Tony ‘The Tiger’ Linkin convinced me to come and shoot the show for NME. The gig was crazy and chaotic which I loved. The pictures had a feel of Beatles in their Hamburg era.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
East End Wasteland, London
Roger remembers: I didn’t scan or consider this photo until years after taking it. It didn’t work as a press photo, so it was ignored. Even in the early 2000’s east London was a little edgy in places with burnt out stolen cars and derelict buildings. In many ways it hadn’t really changed from when I moved back to London in the early late 80’s. I love the feeling of foreboding in this pic. I went back here a few years later with Peter to shoot some solo pics. We got swarmed on by police vans who thought we were doing a drug deal. Oh, the irony.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
A session image from the shoot for the first NME cover
Roger remembers: Shooting their first cover session was something of a French Farce. Peter and Carl would call me to see if the other had arrived so as they could out late each other. Many people have derided Peter for trashing a classic England shirt, what they don’t know is that it was the result of Carl trying to set him on fire— the cheeky monkey. Coincidently that shirt would cost you in the region of a monkey today.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
First shoot, first set up, Bethnal Green, London
Roger Sargent remembers: Tony Linkin, the band’s publicist was also a long-suffering whipping boy during our shoots. Both Carl and Peter have razor sharp wit. I don’t recall what exactly was said but I know Carl is delivering cuttingly, humorous jibes Tony’s way.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
Last Gang, London
Roger Sargent explains: After the first day shooting the band, it seemed and felt like we’d got nothing. The expectations had been high, and the photos didn’t hit. They looked a little disparate. Like they didn’t belong together. We had another shoot planned a few days later and I suggested we get them wearing clothes to bring them together. Leather jackets, jeans etc. Like colours. Uniformity. The band took the uniformity suggestion very literally.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks. -
Floored, London
Roger explains: From the same session as ‘Last Gang’. The band (with the aid of my polaroid’s) are getting a greater sense of their visual selves.A signed limited edition photograph available in a choice of size options. Click on the size options below to see available sizes and prices. Please allow 2-3 weeks between order and delivery for an unframed photograph. If you would like a quote for framing please just ask. Framing adds 2-3 weeks.
