Spanish Tony Media

About Spanish Tony Media

Spanish Tony Media is a family run business formed in 2021, in London. The business was setup with the sole purpose of promoting the collection of photographs, videos and audio tapes taken by Tony Sanchez in the 1970s. Many of these artifacts will never have been seen before by the public and are of considerable historical importance in Pop Culture. Who is Tony Sanchez? Tony Sanchez, also known as ‘Spanish Tony’, was a British photographer of Spanish ancestry. He worked as Keith Richards’ assistant for eight years and co-wrote with John Blake a bestselling memoir about this time. ‘Up and Down with the Rolling Stones’ was published in 1979. Sanchez met the Rolling Stones through his connection with the art dealer Robert Fraser. According to Keith Richards - Sanchez, who had been a croupier and bouncer, was able to help Fraser when he was in trouble with gambling debts and became Fraser’s personal assistant. Sanchez was one of the Rolling Stones two official photographers, along with Michael Cooper for ‘The Stones in the Park’ free outdoor festival held in London’s Hyde Park on 5 July 1969. Tony Sanchez died in 2000.

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