Ross Halfin is described as one of the world’s foremost rock photographers for more than four decades.

He studied fine art at Wimbledon School of Art in the 1970s, originally intending to become a painter, but found art school “too pretentious and creatively stifling.”

Halfin began photographing concerts almost accidentally, sneaking cameras into shows by bands such as The Who, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, Man and Free. As music magazines like Sounds, Melody Maker and NME covered the emerging punk scene, he photographed groups including The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Jam, Adam Ant, The Specials and Blondie.

Over the following decades he travelled globally photographing major rock acts including Metallica, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Kiss and Mötley Crüe, and also served as an official tour photographer for Paul McCartney, George Harrison and The Who.

His work has appeared on album covers, tour programmes, posters and numerous magazine covers, including an image of AC/DC’s Angus Young on the first issue of Kerrang! magazine.

Beyond music photography, Halfin has also developed a strong body of travel photography, inspired by the landscape painting he studied at art college. Many of these images were later published in the book Sojourner (2011).

Halfin has described a great photograph simply as something that “will stop somebody in their tracks.”