Gibson Through The Lens Has Official Press and VIP Launch Party in London

Press release
Source: Gibson Guitar

John Fogerty. Photo by Jim Marshall.

Over 250 people from the music industry, bands/artists, press, photographers and gallery guests turned up to enjoy this exclusive photographic exhibition of vintage and iconic photographs of the world's greatest musicians with their Gibson or Epiphone guitar. Red Stripe generously supplied the beer for the evening.

A carefully selected set of 68 vintage and iconic photographs of the world’s greatest musicians with their Gibson or Epiphone guitar caught on camera through the ages such as Jimi Hendrix, Angus Young, Slash, Jimmy Page, Les Paul, Chuck Berry, Kurt Cobain, Keith Richards, BB King, Elvis, T-Rex, John Lennon, Jon Bon Jovi, Bob Dylan, The Edge, Jack White, Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher are on public display and for sale exclusively at Blink Gallery, London.

All the limited edition prints publicly sold will be signed by the photographer. Many of the worlds leading and high profile rock photographers have contributed to Gibson Through The Lens such as Neal Preston, Mick Rock, Jim Marshall, Ross Halfin, Baron Wolman and Kevin Westenberg.

Following the London exhibition Gibson Through The Lens will travel to be exhibited in Paris in May, Berlin in July, New York in September and finally Los Angeles in November.

Press coverage for Gibson Through The Lens has already appeared in GQ Magazine, Modern Guitars.com, Mojo, Uncut, NME, The Times, Metro and The Evening Standard.

Gibson Through The Lens – Blink Gallery, 11 Poland Street, London W1 until March 31st 2007 – www.blinkgallery.com.

Photos from the Gibson Through The Lens Launch Party