“This photo was shot in fall of 1985 around 6pm in New York City on Mercer between Houston & Prince at the opening for Jean-Michel Basquait & Andy Warhol’s show at Tony Shafrazi Gallery. I was taking some photos of Zephyr & Revolt, and that was a huge thrill for me, because they were like Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid. They were really cool together, but I saw Basquait & Warhol coming diagonally across the street on Houston street towards the gallery so I skedaddled across the street & I shrugged my shoulders & said “You guys mind if i get a flick? please?” Then Basquait looked at Warhol & said “Yea he’s cool.” So they stopped & posed for me. I said thanks & they went back into this big crowd that was waiting for them.

So this was the jump off for me. I went back to Zephyr & Revolt and I said “Shit! That’s going to be a good one boy.” In essence, I think it was meant to be, for me to do what I did, and to continue to do what I do. I shot two dynamic duos in a minute there. I just had a natural knack for it. This picture has turned out to be a very classic and iconic image to say the least. After this photo I made the proclamation that I was going to take pictures until the day I die. I figure that all I have to do is step out my door and the images are infinite. The possibilities are infinite, it can never run out.” - Ricky Powell