A searing portrait of Tina Turner in full command, this original vintage 13.5” x 9.25” silver gelatin photograph captures the Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll at her most ferocious, feminine, and free—mid-performance at the legendary Schaefer Music Festival, Central Park, July 1971.

Her fringe-sequined mini-dress sparkles under the hot summer lights, her mouth wide open in a soul-shaking cry, one arm thrown forward in motion, the other gripping the mic stand with burning intensity. You can feel the sound in the stillness, hear the roar of the crowd as she unleashes her voice with raw fire and grace.

This moment—bold, sensual, electrified—isn’t just a performance. It’s Tina Turner’s power manifesting itself through motion and light, captured forever through the fearless lens of Peter Beard, one of the most unconventional and visionary photographers of the 20th century.

This print comes directly from the TERRY SOUTHERN COLLECTION, marked by his wet stamp on the verso. Southern—famed screenwriter and counterculture icon (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider, Candy)—was covering the Rolling Stones’ 1972 tour for Saturday Review, while Beard and Truman Capote were on assignment for Rolling Stone. Beard, though riding with the Stones, also turned his camera toward other titans of the time—and this Tina Turner performance is one such radiant offshoot.

In 1975, Southern and Beard would collaborate again, this time on an un-produced film script based on The End of the Game, linking literature, photography, and the wildest corners of human and animal experience