A rare vintage photograph of Robert Smith of The Cure, taking in 1983 during the filming of the band’s video for “The Love Cats”.  This is an original hand-printed photograph, made from the original negative and printed near the time the photograph was taken.  As a “vintage print”, it is much more collectible and valuable than a recent print.

This photograph was taken by English photographer Steve Rappaport and published in early 1984 in the British music newspaper Sounds.  Rappaport’s photo credit sticker is on the back of the photograph, along with handwritten notations relating to the publication in Sounds.  This vintage print was obtained from the archives of the a stock photo agency, which licensed photographs to magazines and newspapers on behalf of photographers.  8″ x 10″; in excellent condition.