March 8, 2012

She-Bop-a-Lula: the women of pop – in pictures

A selection of shots from She Bop a Lula, a photo exhibition celebrating pop music's leading ladies from Tina Turner to Sinead O'Connor

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Debbie Harry — Debbie Harry, Las Vegas, 1979, by Roberta Bayley Photograph: Roberta Bayley

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Grace Jones — Grace Jones at Paradiso, Amsterdam, in 2009, by Anneke Ruys Photograph: Anneke Ruys

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Sinead O'Connor — Sinead O'Connor in Montreal, Canada in 1990, by Deborah Feingold Photograph: Deborah Feingold

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Salt n Pepa — Salt-n-Pepa in New York, 1987, by Emily Anderson Photograph: Emily Anderson

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition — Tina Turner at the Fillmore East in New York on 10 January 1970, by Amalie R Rothschild Photograph: Amalie R Rothschild

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - The Go-Gos — The Go-Go's, Los Angeles, 1980, by Janette Beckman Photograph: Janette Beckman

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Siouxsie Sioux — Siouxsie Sioux at the Roxy Club, London, in 1976, by Erica Echenberg Photograph: Erica Echenberg

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Patti Smith — Patti Smith in New Jersey in 1969, by Donna Santisi Photograph: Donna Santisi

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Taylor Swift — Taylor Swift, LG Arena, Birmingham, 2011, by Christie Goodwin Photograph: Christie Goodwin

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Eartha Kitt — Eartha Kitt in New York, 1989, by Catherine McGann Photograph: Catherine McGann

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Diana Ross — Diana Ross at Wembley Arena, London, in 2004, by Tabatha Fireman Photograph: Tabatha Fireman

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Ari Up — Ari Up of the Slits in Cardif in 1977, by Caroline Coon Photograph: Caroline Coon

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Lulu — Lulu in London, 1964, by Doreen Spooner Photograph: Mirroxpix/Doreen Spooner

Women in Pop exhibition: She-Bop-A-Lula - Women in Pop photo exhibition - Cilla Black — Cilla Black in 1967, by Jane Bown Photograph: Jane Bown

She-bop: Glastonbury Festival - Day 4 — Beyoncé Knowles at Glastonbury festival, 2011, by Tabatha Fireman Photograph: Tabatha Fireman/Redferns

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