Pierce Brosnan filming Goldeneye in Monte Carlo, 1995 music

Pierce Brosnan filming Goldeneye in Monte Carlo, 1995 music

and I was a ‘serious’ photographer

The most important thing you can do in a club is to draw an eclectic crowd

adulation – and David Koppel

a time of bankers and big hair

Photographer David Koppel became a titan of paparazzi photography with era-defining photographs that broke headlines around the world

“I said I didn’t like nightclubs

published September 2025

Koppel’s Limelight archive provides a fascinating social history of an influential moment in London club culture

no digital cameras

many on the cusp of superstardom

David Koppel captures the characters and the club that shaped 80s pop culture at its most candid

In new photobook Limelight