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Welsh photography legend Chalkie Davies has painfully recounted how his life changed after witnessing the tragic events of September.
Chalkie Davies: Rock Photographer
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ArtsDocumentary hosted by Lynne Seymour, published by BBC in 2015 - English narration
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In the late 1970s Chalkie Davies was a photographer at the New Musical Express, taking pictures of bands like Thin Lizzy, the Clash, the Sex Pistols and many more.
Now, as his first major exhibition opens at the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, and showing as part of BBC Music Day, he looks back on an extraordinary life, and old friends like Elvis Costello reflect on how Chalkie's images are so enduring.
Chalkie Davies was born in Sully just outside Cardiff and his first job was as an engineer at Heathrow Airport. But he was always a keen amateur photographer and when he won a camera club competition in 1973 the door opened onto a career in rock 'n' roll.
He was allowed in to take pictures on the last night of David Bowie's legendary Ziggy Stardust tour and the r