Amy Winehouse on Princelet Street, Brick Lane in East London, 2003 — Limited Edition Print

‘It wasn’t supposed to be a projection of a girl in the music industry, or an artist releasing her first album. It was just supposed to be Amy.’ – Charles Moriarty

To celebrate Record Store Day, Iconic Images and Charles Moriarty are proud to announce the launch of a new, signed, limited-edition, fine-art print of Amy Winehouse on Princelet Street/Brick Lane in East London – a shot captured by Charles in 2003 and chosen for the cover of her debut album, Frank. 

‘A friend of hers – Tyler James – introduced us,’ Charles remembers. ‘Tyler said: Can you take some photos of my friend? I was like: fine, whatever. My experience then was really just photographing my friends out partying. I would never at that point have considered myself a “photographer”. So, we sat in my kitchen and Amy brought over some of her music for me to listen to – I wanted to get an idea of who I was trying to photograph. She pulled out her make-up box and did up her face. We headed out – I remember grabbing a bottle of wine from the off-licence – and went down to Princelet Street. I think within about 20 minutes, we’d done the cover for Frank. Then we wandered along Brick Lane, across Grimsby Street and then up to Old Street. That was the day I met Amy.’