A searing, larger-than-life close-up of Mick Jagger, captured mid-verse during The Rolling Stones’ legendary 1972 concert at Madison Square Garden—this striking 20” x 16” silver gelatin photograph brings you within inches of rock’s most iconic mouth.

Drenched in shadow and sweat, this hyper-intimate portrait freezes Jagger in full performance mode—eyes intense, lips parted, microphone clenched in hand. The dramatic lighting carves his features in bold chiaroscuro, while faint water streaks at the top of the image almost seem to drip like molten energy from the moment itself.

Printed large (19.25” x 13.25”), this is no ordinary stage shot—it is a visceral, almost tactile encounter with Jagger’s raw magnetism, taken from the trenches of one of the most storied tours in rock history.

This photograph comes from the TERRY SOUTHERN COLLECTION, taken by Peter Beard, the wild-eyed photographer who, along with Truman Capote, rode the Stones’ 1972 U.S. Tour on assignment for Rolling Stone. Southern, covering the same tour for Saturday Review, was embedded in the creative chaos—both backstage and on the road. In 1975, Beard and Southern would reunite to write a screenplay based on Beard’s seminal wildlife book The End of the Game, deepening their shared artistic legacy. This photograph stands as a relic of that intense creative triangle: Beard behind the lens, Southern writing the scene, Jagger commanding the stage.

An electrifying artifact of rock history, this image strips away distance and spectacle—placing you eye-to-eye with the primal force of Mick Jagger, captured by one of the era’s most untamed photographers. For serious collectors of music, photography, or counterculture, this is as close to the fire as you can get.