ABBA concert in Copenhagen

 

ABBA concert in Copenhagen, 1979 David Parker. © David Parker

Parker shares one portrait that was not taken in Australia: the shot of ABBA live taken in Copenhagen in 1979. During a three-week international tour with Meldrum, Parker took this image while being pursued by a conscientious bouncer: ‘It is a one in a million – close together and all singing. It looks like a set-up, but it is actually mid-concert using a 300mm lens from way down an aisle. One frame only.’ The fun didn’t stop there. ‘Molly and I partied on with ABBA then got in a cab to go to our hotel – a hotel we didn’t remember the name of or where it was. Eleven hotels later, we found it. As dawn broke.’