On That Day: “Late Night Flash” by Tod Papageorge

With On That Day, photographers are invited to tell the story behind one of their photographs. Today, photographer Tod Papageorge tells his 1977 New Year’s Eve story.

In late 1977, I was given the chance to photograph in Studio 54, only a short time after it opened to almost-instantaneous notoriety as the most exciting and decadent discotheque in New York. I was told that the best nights to be there were those whe...

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