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Dennis Morris

  • (c) Dennis Morris - Black Slate, Hackney, London, 1975

    The big picture
    The big picture: Dennis Morris’s 70s London

    The photographer was just 15 and already a professional when he shot this cool young boy in the East End
  • Dennis Morris’s SOUL Sista on display at Kyotographie

    The Guardian picture essay
    Crossing the lines: photography without frontiers at Kyotographie 2023 – photo essay

    The 11th edition of Kyoto’s celebrated photo festival enjoys stunning venues across the city and explores a range of issues including grief, dementia, discrimination and migration
  • Boy on a tricycle

    My best shot
    Pride, power, pedals and protest: black British photographers pick a best shot

    Black Lives Matter has underlined the crucial role played by black photographers. We asked eight British leaders in their field to pick a favourite image from their archives – and explain why it’s so important to them
  • ‘It feels prophetic’ … the shot Morris took in the Black House in 1969.

    My best shot
    Dennis Morris's best photograph: a boy with a gun at Michael X's HQ

    ‘He was only 10 but I was scared. He handled the gun with a sense of purpose’
  • Marianne Faithfull in blue chair - arm behind head, smoking.

    A brush with greatness
    The day I fell prey to the seductive charms of Marianne Faithfull

    Photographer Dennis Morris couldn’t believe his luck when he was asked to do a shoot with the famous singer. But little did he know what he was in for…
  • Stone Roses: Ian Brown of the Stone Roses performing at Spike Island, 1990

    The Stone Roses at Spike Island and Glasgow Green - in pictures

    Photographer Dennis Morris captures two pivotal concerts in the band's history, Spike Island and Glasgow Green, which marked the beginning of the 90s

  • 'Admiral Ken with his Box Men', Hackney 1973

    Growing up black: Dennis Morris's portrait of the 70s

    The photographer's pictures of black Britons during the 60s and 70s capture a period of seismic change that we can only really understand now

  • Dennis Morris book

    Dennis Morris: 'Suddenly we were black, not coloured' – interview

    Celebrated for his images of the Sex Pistols and Bob Marley, few knew that the photograper also documented black British life in London. He talks to Sean O'Hagan
  • Gregory Isaacs

    Observer New Review: obituaries of 2010
    The Gregory Isaacs I knew, by photographer Dennis Morris

    Veteran music photographer Dennis Morris recalls spending time with reggae's Cool Ruler, who died on 25 October, aged 59

  • An image from the album shoot session by Dennis Morris for Marianne Faithful's Broken English

    Photographer attributes booze and banter to memorable image of Marianne Faithfull

    Unseen photographs of singer by Dennis Morris on show at London gallery
  • In the frame

    Dennis Morris ignored his careers adviser and is now a successful photographer who has been capturing social change spanning 30 years. Chris Arnot meets him.

  • Long, hard look

    Dennis Morris started photographing poverty-stricken Southall in the 70s. The results were so shocking that no one would publish them. Until now.

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