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A framed Bowie Sumo Contact Sheet hanging in a dark green den
Series 03 of 12

Sumo Contact Sheets

A whole roll on one wall, marked by hand in the darkroom. One of a kind.

Size40x60
Price range$6,500 to $8,500
David Bowie, The Outside Tour, 1994. A full roll of contact sheet frames with yellow hand markings.
In the darkroom

David Bowie, The Outside Tour, 1994

A full roll, one night. Every sheet is marked by hand with darkroom editing notes, so no two are alike.

Size40x60
EditionOne of a kind, hand marked
Print$6,500
Epoxy encapsulated$8,500

The collection

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David Bowie, The Outside Tour contact sheet
David Bowie, 1994Inquire
R.E.M., The Monster Tour contact sheet
R.E.M., 1995Inquire
The Grateful Dead, October 10 1994 contact sheet
The Grateful Dead, 1994Inquire
Also in the archiveBlack 47, Blues Traveler, El Vez, Glen Hansard, Imani Coppola, The Gogo's, Wheatus, Ziggy Marley.
The story · earliest version, 2025 catalog

The whole shoot, not one frame.

Sumo Contact Sheets are large-scale works from The Noisemakers. Each one is assembled from original negatives. It is more than a single moment. It is a look behind the scenes at the rhythm of the shoot.

Each frame tells a story: the artist's changing expressions, the candid moments between poses, the exchange between subject and photographer. Every sheet carries hand-drawn darkroom editing notes, which makes every collector's print one of a kind.

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Collectors can help choose the selects. Ask me how.

Bands, managers and labels can commission a portrait or live shoot made to become a Sumo Contact Sheet.

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