69 Days - Denis O Regan

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LONDON (UK) Capital-based veteran gallerists West Contemporary Editions and legendary British music photographer Denis O’Regan - known for his official work with David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Queen amongst many others - will team up for the ’69 days’ project, a campaign to raise vital funds for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity (GOSH Charity), starting in October.

Over 69 days (from 24 October 24 2022 to 1 January 2023), West Contemporary Editions will host a sales campaign via their website using nine classic beloved images of ground-breaking musicians including David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, and Bob Marley - and a further six never-before-seen nor released images, all priced between £1,440-£9000, each one in a limited edition of just ten prints.

10% of the sale price of each print sold during this period will be donated to GOSH Charity, which supports seriously ill children treated at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). West Contemporary Editions have also agreed to match the donation percentage for any works of O’Regan’s sold during this special campaign period. Not limited to the aforementioned bastions of musical history, the prolific documentarian’s works within the Punk, New Romanticism, Grunge, and Heavy Metal movements have earned him a nearly incomparable CV of world tours, working credits at cultural behemoth moments including Live Aid and the Concert For Diana, official photographer placements for The Who, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Pink Floyd, The Bee Gees and Thin Lizzy - and a front seat in the tour bus of musical royalty. It is certainly no exaggeration to say that Denis O’Regan is one of the most important music photographers of all time. An experienced exhibition artist and widely published photographer, Denis O’Regan was appointed as the first-ever Artist In Residence at the Royal Albert Hall in 2021. The ‘69 days’ aspect of the project is personally relevant to the artist as  O’Regan will be turning 69 years old this year.  69 was also the age long-term O’Regan collaborator David Bowie was at his untimely passing, and 1969 is a special year for Bowie fans, with the release of the incredible ‘Space Oddity’. 1969 is also the year of Woodstock, ‘Let It Bleed’ by The Rolling Stones (another O’Regan subject), and their single ‘Honky Tonk Women’. This collaboration between Denis O’Regan, West Contemporary Editions, and GOSH Charity, all based in London, is an opportunity to celebrate the best of British, a storied and unparalleled career in music, and three genuinely world-leading domestic institutions in the way of artist, gallery and charity.