From Glastonbury to the Gibson Garage: Scarlet Page’s rock photographs go on show in London

Jeff Buckley at Glastonbury. Alex Turner under the festival lights. Paul Weller backstage at the Royal Albert Hall. A new exhibition in central London brings together more than 30 years of music photographer Scarlet Page’s work.

Held: Three Decades of Artists and Their Gibson Guitars is now open at the Gibson Garage on Eastcastle Street. Its photographs move between the rush of a live performance and quieter moments offstage, showing musicians with the instruments they have made their own.

One image catches Jeff Buckley during his 1995 Glastonbury set. Another shows Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner at the festival in 2023. Angus Young appears during AC/DC’s 2003 tour supporting the Rolling Stones, while photographs of The Darkness come from the year Page spent on the road as the band’s official photographer.

The exhibition also includes Dave Grohl, Jack White, Lenny Kravitz, Robert Smith, Michael Kiwanuka and Wolf Alice’s Ellie Rowsell. Taken together, the pictures trace changes in rock music across generations, from Page’s photographs of 1990s performances to images made this year.

Three Decades of Backstage Access and Live Music Moments

Page has spent much of her career close to the action: in the photo pit, backstage and on tour. That access gives the exhibition its range. Some pictures capture the scale and noise of a show; others offer a glimpse of the person preparing to walk on stage or coming down from a performance.

For Page, revisiting the archive has also meant rediscovering moments she photographed decades ago. “Now more than ever, we need live music,” she says. “I hope this exhibition reminds people of the power it has to bring us together.”

The Gibson guitars provide a thread through the show, but Page’s photographs are about more than the instruments. They record the gestures, concentration and connection between musicians and audiences that can make a live performance stay with you long after it ends.

Held: Three Decades of Artists and Their Gibson Guitars runs until 14 February 2027 at Gibson Garage London, 61–62 Eastcastle Street, London W1W 8NQ.