It really seems just like yesterday that we posed up The Ramones in 1977 on the corner of Sunset and Alta Loma. We had total access to the band and they were our friends. It was like yeah we could take all the photos we wanted of them, but at the end of the day, it was not all about commerce back then. What commerce? Creem Magazine would pay you $20 for a black and white photo and you hit the jack pot if you sold the photo to Music Life in Japan for $50.

By the way, this photo was published all over the place. Not too sure why it became famous, but everyone ripped it off to put on t shirts and lunch boxes.

Buzz Foto is growing and some people wonder where the heck we came from and so quickly. Our owners have been around in the photo industry for decades and they still love this biz. Check out the photo of The Ramones done by Brad Elterman. It was shot thirty years ago at the corner of Sunset and Alta Loma. “They would always stay at The Sunset Marquis Hotel and I drove them around town on more than one occasion,” remarks Brad.

We promise to mix up some of the current Iconic Pap photos and the vintage Seventies photographs on these pages in the days and weeks to come.