Private Dancer

are presented since 1952 by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize achievements in the music industry. Tina Turner won her first Grammy in 1971 as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue for Proud Mary and her first solo Grammy in 1985 for What’s Love Got To To With It. In total she won 8 Grammys from 25 nominations and received also 3 Hall of Fame Awards and a Lifetime Achievement Award. Ike Turner solo won his first Grammy in 2007 for the album Risin’ With The Blues, after he was first nominated in 1970 for the album A Black Man’s Soul.

is an English photographer, initially specialized in music photography between 1979 and 2000. His work came to prominence in the 1980s when he worked with artists and bands such as Depeche Mode, Eurythmics, The Cult and Tina Turner. The two-day photo session for Tina’s Private Dancer album took place in March 1984 at Bagley’s Warehouse in London, using a Hasselblad with a 150mm lens. The well-known cover picture with the cat from the European cover is only one of many shots from this session.

is a British photographer, who’s career took off in the late 1970’s. During his incredible career, Paul worked as a leading music photographer and many bands aspired to collaborate with him. Paul’s studio in Fulham was a fantastic and legendary space to photograph bands, but he also loved shooting on locations and undertook many assignments with artists such as The Cure and Van Morrison. Over the years, Paul worked with many musicians, from Mick Jagger, The Smiths to Tina Turner.

Paul, a 'jobbing photographer' in 1983, was asked to capture Tina on Channel 4’s The Tube by record company EMI. The performance is considered one of the significant moments of her remarkable comeback. Following that first encounter, Paul was often booked by Tina’s manager and mentor at that time, Roger Davies, for video shoots and studio sessions. Not surprisingly, his last shoot with Tina in 2004, when he was given dedicated time of photograph her in the garden of her home in the South of France, is one of his favourites.

Photos from Paul Cox were used many times for Tina’s records, among others the greatest hits package All The Best, the collection Queen Of Rock 'N’ Roll, the live album Live In Europe and for her recent Deluxe Editions.