Public Enemy, Hyde Park, London, England (November 2, 1987) by David Corio

"Making portraits of people you are in awe of, people like Anthony Burgess and James Brown, Robert Altman... There was something, like an energy from doing that sort of work."

– David Corio

Nina Simone, Ronnie Scott's, London, UK, 1984 by David Corio

Elliott Gallery is thrilled to host ‘Framing the Beat’, a retrospective exhibition of Music Photography by David Corio, opening in October 2023.

From Hip-Hop to Punk Rock and from powerful concert shots to intimate portraits, David has captured some of the most influential and iconic musicians of the last forty five years. Public Enemy, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, B.B. King, Nick Cave, PJ Harvey, The Cure, Run DMC, Grace Jones… just to name a few! His personal notes of each shoot offer a brilliant and deep insight of his subjects and his experience with them as well.

Join us for an exciting visual journey, as we celebrate David Corio’s impressive career, spanning more than 4 decades.