For Bobby Grossman, who became known as the Boynton Beach Photographer, it was just a typical night in 1976, when he attempted to take photos of his closest allies. However, Bobby never considered himself a photographer until he joined the infamous New York hardcore-punk club CBGB.
This is at a time when he lived each day by day, and partied the night away with a variety of punk rockers. His photographic passion born from a history of wild parties, drugs and nights out.
According to Grossman this was just a period of having fun with friends. Lacking any formal photographic training, he made shots and has said particularly inspired him to take the images. As a result of this, his images became part and parcel of the gallery opening at virtue arts.
Since his entrance to the artistic world, exhibitions have not always been successful. Images have been taken in clubs when all hell has broken loose, people in photos are smashed, photos sometimes are ridiculously blurred, sometimes they were spontaneously staged. The images documented by Grossman are priceless, recording stories of the music, the lifestyle and the people, forever immortalising the era.
Majoring in Media Graphics, Grossman has pitched his portfolio to Rolling Stone in the past. Finding himself less concerned by deadlines, he embedded himself in the trenches of rising punk prospects, overlapping projects in New York with literary circles. His ‘Cornflake series’ however was partly made by his admiration of Pop aesthetics.
For over a decade now Grossman has captured underground nightlife. Conversely after eight years in photography the concert at peppermint lounge ended his career as a photographer. This was as a result of the photos he shot in the pop concert that turned him away from photography.
At just 13 years of age, 
