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until 01.08. | #5101ARTatBerlin | BBA Gallery is currently showing the Duo-exhibition “Three Chords & Two Cameras” by the artists Michael Grecco and Per Schorn.
The exhibition offers a profound visual dialogue on the punk and alternative music subcultures, exploring photography as both a witness to public rebellion and an intimate space for personal ritual.
The exhibition juxtaposes two distinct eras, geographical landscapes, and photographic methodologies. Michael Grecco’s Days of Punk series provides a fierce, firsthand documentary account of the late 1970s and 1980s Boston music scene.
Capturing legendary artists on stage and behind the scenes, Grecco’s high-contrast, kinetic imagery embodies the raw energy, sound, and defiance of a movement breaking away from societal norms. In contrast, Per Schorn’s The Photo Booth Book shifts the focus from the chaotic public stage to a controlled, highly democratic space. Over several years, Schorn traveled with a mobile, analog-style photo booth, inviting over 400 musicians and alternative subculture figures to step inside. The resulting unscripted, self-directed portraits strip away the performance persona, offering a raw, quiet look into the individuals who form the backbone of the scene.
About Michael Grecco
Michael Grecco is an award-winning photographer and author renowned for his high-concept imagery and powerful subject connections. He studied filmmaking and photojournalism at Boston University. While in college, Grecco documented the burgeoning music scene for the Associated Press, the Boston Herald, and local publications like Boston Rock Magazine. His work from this era captures the energy of the Boston punk explosion, showcasing the city’s pivotal cultural role. In the late 1980s, Grecco transitioned to Los Angeles, where his coverage of major events like the Golden Globes and Academy Awards for People magazine launched his prolific career as a leading celebrity portrait photographer. His extensive portfolio now spans celebrity, fine art, and advertising. When not behind the lens, he explores subcultures on his vintage motorcycles, always keeping a camera ready to capture the world around him.
About Per Schorn
Per Schorn has been involved in photography since his school days, later studying communication design at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. This background helped him develop a distinctive, imaginative style for creating images. His work is known for its sensitive and precise handling of light, which subtly helps each image tell a story that originated in his mind. Schorn’s process involves meticulously calculated staged works; nothing is left to chance, from set design and location to styling, casting, and framing. His photographic stagings are like moments stopped from a movie, inviting the viewer to dream and immerse themselves in the scenarios he has translated into photographic reality.
Exhibition dates: Saturday, 04. July – Saturday, 01. August 2026
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Title image caption: Michael Grecco, Wendy O. Williams of The Plasmatics #7, Boston, Massachusetts, 1980. Courtesy of BBA Gallery
Exhibition Michael Grecco & Per Schorn – BBA Gallery | Zeitgenössische Kunst in Berlin | Contemporary Art | Ausstellungen Berlin Galerien | ART at Berlin
