September 25, 2023 (Decatur, Georgia) -- Different Trains Gallery, 432 E. Howard Ave. #24, will host an exhibition titled “Sex Pistols, Atlanta, 1978: Photographs by Ron Sherman”. This show highlights the photos Atlanta photojournalist Ron Sherman took at the Sex Pistols 1978 concert at the Great Southeast Music Hall. The show opens October 26 and continues through November 11. Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library is presenting this exhibition in collaboration with Different Trains Gallery. The images in the show are drawn from the Ron Sherman photographs at the Rose Library.
The Sex Pistols kicked off their only American tour in Atlanta. At the time, they were the provocative and controversial face of a new phenomenon called “punk.” Bill King, The Atlanta Constitution’s Entertainment Writer, called the concert, “… a full blown international media event” with 40 television and print reporters from England, the United States, and Atlanta in attendance. Local photographer Ron Sherman covered the event for Newsweek. He shot several rolls of color film during the band’s 45-minute set.
“Ron’s photographs document a seminal band at the key moment—the arrival of punk in Atlanta and the South,” says Randy Gue, the Assistant Director of Collection Development at the Rose Library and curator of the exhibition.
WHO/WHAT: Sex Pistols, Atlanta, 1978; photographs by Ron Sherman
WHERE: DIFFERENT TRAINS GALLERY, 432 East Howard Avenue no. 24, Decatur GA 30030
WHEN: Opens Oct 26th, 5-9pm, gallery hours: Oct 27th - 28th, 11am - 5pm, Nov 2nd - 4th: 11am - 5pm; Nov 9th - 11th: 11am - 5pm; and also by appointment.
