The Clash‘s Joe Strummer completed the London Marathon in 1983.The new snaps were captured by photographer Steve Rapport, who rediscovered them after four boxes of old photo transparencies were sent to his home in California.Rapport’s photos offer a candid look at Strummer tackling the gruelling 26-mile course, while occasionally stopping to grin at the camera.Other photos from the set show Strummer limbering up at Blackheath Common, before the start of the race.This was at Blackheath Common before the race.
I was sent by Rolling Stone (one of only two or three jobs they ever gave me). Drove over from my house in Clapham. Parked. Got out in the rain.
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