Alicia Keys, as photographed at New Era Studios in SoHo, New York, by Anderson Ballantyne around 1998.

One of the singer’s first promotional shoots, it was conducted sometime in 1998 with her contract with Columbia Records.

 “Simply one of best experiences working with a recording artist” Ballantyne recounts to social media. 

Soon after Ballantyne’s promotional work with Alicia, she called the photographer into the studio to capture her and the late Isaac Hayes’ collaboration on “Rock Wit U,” a song that would be released with her debut in 2001.