“Pennie Smith was not a fan. Maybe that’s what made her the perfect photographer for The Clash. ‘She was never particularly into rock music,’ writes Rob Walker at The Guardian; she wasn’t starstruck or overawed by her subjects; and she also wasn’t even particularly in love with the most famous shot of her career — the iconic photo of bassist Paul Simonon raising his Fender Precision at New York’s Palladium, seconds before smashing it to bits. ...”
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