Dennis Morris (photographer)

[1][2] From 5 February to 18 May 2025, the Maison européenne de la photographie in Paris is showing Music + Life, a retrospective of Morris' work from London as well as portraits of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols.

[4] After being approached by John Lydon personally, after their signing to Virgin Records, In May 1977 Morris spent a year with the Sex Pistols, documenting them in depth.

"[6] In 1979 Morris created the logo for the band Public Image Limited and the innovative Metal Box album packaging.

[9] He then became art director of Island Records[10] and designed album covers for Linton Kwesi Johnson, Marianne Faithfull (Broken English) and Bob Marley.

[14][15] In June 2005 the Spectrum London gallery had a show of photographs by Morris documenting the daily lives, ceremonies and rituals of the Mowanjum Community of Indigenous Australians.

[16] Morris was commissioned to show a new body of work at the Today Art Museum in Beijing in 2008 to coincide with the Olympic Cultural programme.

[18] In 2013 Morris collaborated with Shepard Fairey on a body of work titled S.I.D (Superman Is Dead), culminating in an exhibition at Subliminal Projects, Los Angeles, USA.

Dennis Morris