Just a Punk in the Street

"I often think about the beginning at the end. When Aerosmith announced they were no longer touring, I knew I had to revisit Steven Tyler.

For years I've wanted to utilize his famed mug shot in a concept, but that was as far as it had gotten. This time around, I knew I wanted to do a young Steven at the start of his journey to legendary front man status. I reached out to my friend, famed rock photographer Robert Knight, and asked if he had anything in the vault of a young Tyler that would be available for reference. He came back with a bunch, but this one punched me in the mouth. It had as much rock 'n' roll as you could stuff into one photo – and his stance in the photo lent itself perfectly to incorporate the mug shot. The title lyric from 1976’s song "Last Child" was like a gift from above and fully completes the circle on what I wanted to convey."

 -Stickman