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Pennie Smith
3 catalogued objects connected to Pennie Smith.
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Biography
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Pennie Smith is a British music photographer who studied graphics and fine art at Twickenham Art School. She worked on Friendz magazine with Barney Bubbles and Nick Kent before an early major commission photographing Led Zeppelin on tour.
As a staff photographer at NME, she documented musicians both onstage and in portraits. Her close association with the Clash produced the cover photographs for London Calling and Sandinista!, as well as the book The Clash: Before and After (1980). Her wider subjects include Joy Division, the Stone Roses, Siouxsie Sioux and the Slits, placing her work across successive generations of British music culture.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Science Museum Group — Pennie SmithEducation, Friendz, Led Zeppelin, NME, Clash covers and later subjects.
- National Portrait Gallery — Pennie Smith1980 book title and collection records for portrait subjects.
TMR-000299The Face No. 1Photography · Source verified. The Clash (p. 48). The contents explicitly identify Pennie Smith as the photographer.May 1980★ 9.7 / 10TMR-000294The Face No. 6October 19808.8 / 10TMR-000293The Face No. 8December 1980★ 9 / 10
Relationship sources: The Face No. 1 — photographed contents.
