Anita Lane Dirty Sings by Christina Birrer

A comprehensive archival project dedicated to honoring & preserving women's contribution to the music industry, led by Courtney Love & Creative Director Julie Panebianco. 

 This exhibition features the work of female music photographers spanning  genres and decades,  from album covers to portraits, to live shots & candid shots; images of the artists & musicians that helped create the mythology of popular music. We created this exhibition as a tribute to the women behind the camera, to honor those who have taken iconic photographs & whose names should be as recognizable as what we have been privileged to see from their lens.    

We named the project From Her To Eternity & dedicated it to the memory of Anita Lane, member of the Birthday Party & Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.  Anita co-wrote the song “From Her to Eternity” that the band used as a name for their first record. We got her family’s & Nick' s blessing to use this evocative title after she died on April 27, 2021 at the age of 61. This elegant photo was taken in 1988 for her first solo record, called Dirty Sings, by Christina Birrer.

From Her To Eternity Honorary Committee

Linda Ronstadt, Cat Power, Valerie June, Karen O, Rosanne Cash, Robyn, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Melissa Auf der Maur, Kate Pierson, Suzy Shinn, Jane Pratt, Jessica Thompson, Emily Lazar, Laura Levine, Kate Simon, Sue Jacobs, and over 100 of music’s luminaries are among the women who have already joined. 

Courtney Love by Katarina Benzova