Description
This compelling framed, limited-edition photograph captures Sting during the celebrated 1983 portrait sitting for Interview Magazine, under the artistic direction of Andy Warhol. Photographed by Peter Strongwater, the image is an alternative, unpublished frame from the same session that produced the magazine’s iconic January 1983 cover.
Rather than the widely circulated cover image, this work offers a rarer and more intimate perspective from the sitting—revealing the nuance, spontaneity, and subtle shifts in expression that occur between the definitive shots. Strongwater’s distinctive photographic style is evident throughout, combining sharp compositional control with an understated immediacy that aligns with the visual language of Interview during its most influential era.
Issued in a strictly limited edition of just seven, plus artist’s proofs, and signed and numbered on the recto, the photograph stands as a highly collectible example of late 20th-century portraiture. Its direct provenance from the artist further enhances its desirability, anchoring it firmly within the original context of its creation.
Elegantly presented in a black wood frame, this piece occupies a unique position at the intersection of music history, portrait photography, and Warhol-era cultural production—offering collectors not the familiar image, but a rarer moment from the same defining encounter.
