The free-to-enter exhibition, entitled Abbey Road: Reframed, brings three perspectives on music photography into focus:

- The Art of Recording features the gear used to record legendary artists including The Beatles, Pink Floyd & Nile Rodgers.

- Iconic Image Makers features shots from photographers Jill Furmanovsky, Norman Parkinson & Terry O'Neill.

- Plus the Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator showcases works from their annual award finalists & winners.

Abbey Road: Reframed is a photographic exhibition presented in three parts: the technology of sound, the photographers who frame music culture, and the contemporary images shaping how this era will be remembered: The Art of Recording (explored through the lens of Nile Rodgers’ arrangement of Let’s Dance, Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon & The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band), Iconic Image Makers and the Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator.

From studios to stages, to the tools that carry musical creativity, and including iconic image makers, artists, and emerging photographers who document music culture, Abbey Road: Reframed is a reflection on how music photography not only captures moments of creation, but shapes how music is seen, felt and remembered in our own lives.

*The exhibition is free to enter and all artwork is for sale.

The Art of Recording celebrates the craftsmanship and technology behind some of the world’s most influential recordings, with a rare opportunity to see photographs of items from the Abbey Road collection which have never been exhibited. The Art of Recording unequivocally celebrates culture defining sessions through the witness marks and patina etched into the surface of music making tools.

Created in partnership with photographer Rick Guest and his Legacy+Art Collective, who painstakingly composite up to 100 individual photographic frames of varying focal depth and lighting to achieve a resolution, definition and clarity that reveals every mark and scratch, revealing the secret life of creative tools that have shaped the soundtrack of the modern world – the microphones, machines, instruments and spaces that hold the breath of legends.

From the Neumann U47 microphone, to iconic instruments like Abbey Road’s Mrs. Mills piano, to studio documents handwritten by Abbey Road engineers, these portals have been integral to the creation of genre-defining music, offering a material connection to music history while still playing an active role in how music is made today. The Art of Recording invites you to look closely at the items that shaped three key moments in Abbey Road’s story through these limited edition large-format portraits that turn engineering into sculpture, and technology into iconography:

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Nile Rodgers Let’s Dance:
Featuring original items that helped Rodgers, the producer of David Bowie’s Let’s Dance, bring the beloved song to life both in 1983 and for the orchestral reimagining in 2018. On display is The Hitmaker, Rodgers’ iconic 1960 Fender Stratocaster guitar in Olympic White, responsible for countless global hits including Bowie’s classic. Additionally, an original signed score for first violin, signed by Rodgers and complete with penciled bowing marks from Abbey Road Studio One.

Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon:
Revealing the detail of this revolutionary album that changed the world. This section features the Session Sheet handwritten by engineer Alan Parsons uncovering the technical choices behind the music, the Hammond RT-3 Organ which Richard Wright used throughout the album, Abbey Road’s Fairchild 660 limiter, a legendary device which added beautiful harmonic distortion and energy to lead vocals, guitar and bass, and a first-look at Side 2 of the storied Quadrophonic Master Tape.

The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band:
For the first time, fans will get a look at the inside of the crown jewel that is Sgt. Pepper Mono Master Tape, alongside the iconic Neumann U48 microphone used on countless vocals, Abbey Road’s Mrs. Mills piano used on tracks such as With A Little Help From My Friends, the studio receipt for the famed A Day In The Life orchestral session, the Studer J37 4-track machine that committed it all to tape, and the piece of pop-art history that is the Sgt. Pepper Drum commissioned by Sir Peter Blake and painted by fairground artist Joe Ephgrave. This section represents the creative and technical feat that was this world-moving album.

This part of the exhibition explores artists at work – the legends in front of and behind the lens. Iconic Image Makers recognises the photographers whose work has shaped the visual history of music. Featuring a collection of celebrated images taken at Abbey Road Studios, including the works of Abbey Road Music Photography Awards ICON winner Jill Furmanovsky, Norman Parkinson and Terry O’ Neill, the section highlights photographers whose images have defined how music is seen, and how their unique storytelling and perspectives have shaped the visual identity of genres, movements and moments in music culture.

Launched in 2022, the Abbey Road Music Photography Awards was designed to celebrate the art of music photography and the photographers behind the lens. Since then, the MPAs have evolved to become much more than the awards. They are the cornerstone of the Music Photography Accelerator: a platform dedicated to connecting, supporting and developing the global music photography community.

This section of the exhibition brings together images from finalists and award winners over the last four years, reflecting a range of approaches, interpreting music through energy, emotion, intimacy and context. Experience the future of creativity through the new home of music photography. Featured photographers include Alex Castillo, Alex Amoros, Inès Ziouane, Jen Amelia, Paul Bogle, Phoebe Fox, Tom Pallant and Pooneh Ghana.

MPA Lead & Global Ambassador, Jacquie Lindsay says: “Abbey Road: Reframed brings together three interconnected perspectives on music and creativity. The Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator reflects our commitment to the future, championing the next generation of music photographers and providing a platform for emerging talent to develop. The exhibition reflects not only our heritage, but also our responsibility to preserve creative craft, celebrate those who have defined music culture, and support those who will shape its next chapter.”

Speaking about Abbey Road: Reframed, Abbey Road MD Sally Davies says: “For the first time, this exhibition explores almost a century of music history through the tools brought to life by legends and the images that define the Abbey Road story. Photography has never simply documented music; it has shaped its mythology, captured its most enduring moments and transformed sound into culture. Since launching the Music Photography Awards in 2022, we've deepened our commitment to the art form and re-examined how we interact with visual culture. Whether it’s the detail in a fine art photograph, honouring our roots with iconic image-makers, or working with a new wave of creators, we hope to present an Abbey Road, reframed.”

There will be a selection of photography on sale at the exhibition including:

- The Art of Recording artworks in three sizes: 80” x 60”, 60” x 40” and 40” x 30” from the Nile Rodgers Let’s Dance, The Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pink Floyd The Dark Side Of The Moon collections.

- Iconic Image Makers prints in various sizes featuring Oasis, The Beatles and Pink Floyd from Jill Furmanovsky, Norman Parkinson and Terry O’ Neill.

- Abbey Road Music Photography Accelerator prints in various sizes from photographers Alex Castillo, Alex Amoros, Ines Ziouane, Jen Amelia, Paul Bogle, Phoebe Fox and Tom Pallant.