⚡️ The picture that just keeps on giving! ⚡️ Congratulations to Antoine Veling who’s photo of Iggy Pop performing at the Sydney Opera House in 2019 has just been announced by the British Journal of Photography and 1854 Media one of the 30 single image winners of the 2020 Portrait of Humanity. 👏 The Global Gallery Tour of all winners kicks of at the Capa Centre in Budapest, Hungary, before going into Space in September then New York and India. 🌍💫 Blender Gallery and Antoine Veling have partnered to release an Exclusive Collectable Edition of this wonderful photo. For more information including available sizes and prices please contact us [email protected] or send us a DM 💥 Here’s the backstory.. ⚡️It might pass for a Caravaggio painting redolent of his trademark chiaroscuro technique, but Antoine Veling’s photo of proto-punk icon Iggy Pop titled “Mark 5:28 - Iggy Pop” was taken at the Sydney Opera House on the 17th April 2019 - as he performed The Stooges’ 1969 song “No Fun” surrounded by fans who swarmed the stage, responding to Iggy’s command to “get up here and dance with me”. ⚡️ “Like music to my tiny sensor’s ears hearing Iggy say this to back-of-house: “If you don’t get the House Lights up now I will fucking kill you!” That extra light played right into my hands and allowed me to eke out the best possible image from the Sony RX100 Mark IV.” - Antoine Veling ✌️❤️🎵 #portraitofhumanity @antoine909 @iggypopofficial @sydneyoperahouse #iggypop #rawpower #punk #iggyandthestooges #rockandroll #rockroyalty #legendsneverdie #musicphotography #livemusic #musichistory #sydney #sydneyoperahouse #style #icon #legend #muse #lustforlife #searchanddestroy #rocknroll #blendergallery (at Blender Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEBz8jqDEFe/?igshid=101u8w0yjfo6o