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BIO: Jesse Fox is a freelance photographer & creative director living in Louisville, but working throughout the United States. Having spent most of her life in performing arts, a narrative and emotional element is important in her photos.

She likes to explore the feelings, secrets, fears and fantasies a person has throughout his or her life. Unfortunately, since life can't be as theatrical and colorful as plays or musicals, she likes to create an elaborate, fictional version of how interesting and beautiful she wishes life really were through her work.

Fox is best known for her bold, colorful conceptual portraits and concert photography.

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This is a list of gigs that I have been asked/want to shoot that are coming up in the next few weeks. Over this period I will try to edit and compose in other artists styles, experiment with my own editing and explore out of my comfort zone.

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I have chosen to look at posters from the 1970's based on inspiration I have took from 70s photographers such as, Mick Rock and Pennie Smith AND THEIR FEATURES IN MAGAZINES AND POSTERS . These artists have inspired me to explore this era further. This is still relevant to my word 'people' as I am still taking portraits, and also links to my theme as I explore atmosphere within my images.

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I am going to go and shoot photos for the music students. Within this photo shoot I want to capture atmosphere. To do that I want to grab a few crowd shots along with a dark/soft background. Artists that I will keep in mind: Jesse Fox, for his use of cropping and creating atmospheric photos, and Isha shah, for the use of colours and editing techniques.

What are you going to capture?
I am going to try and capture scale, the size of the theater. Using the sense of scale makes the atmosphere seem more peaceful/silent as if everyone is waiting in silence. I feel like to convey this mood further, I had to edit in black and white, wich to my suprise worked really well.

Equipment

Canon 750d

10-20mm (wide)

50mm prime

18-55mm

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The venue for this shoot is a; Dimmed theater, No stage/stage is the floor, lots of room, black backgrounds.

200 seat performance theatre

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This is contact sheet from a photo shoot which I had completed of the music students in the theater downstairs. My goal was to try and capture images from different angles and edit them in the style of artists I have researched.

Are you happy with the end results?
Personally I feel like the images I captured would be great for promotional purposes for the music department. However, I feel like I did not capture the images that I wanted to capture. I think the subjects 'music students' are about as uncomfortable as me when it comes to getting their photos taken so they tend not to look at the lense and make my job, for detail, even harder when im trying to capture the emotion and expression of their body movement/face.

How are you linking these images to your word and theme?
I am taking images of people which is my word, my theme is music/live act photography which is where I am focusing my photo shoots at the moment.

How has this shoot influenced the next?
I am going to learn from my mistakes and get in their face. I need to get the photos I have my mind set on and im just going to have to push my self out of my comfort zone. I want to focus more up close on the subject and focus on their attitudes and the surrounding atmosphere. However I feel like I captured atmosphere fairly well, including the music subject and the crowd behind them.

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What I love about this image is that its almost like a panorama, from the way its been cropped. I also love how the photographer managed to catch the expressions on the drummers face, which really make the image pop. I also like the lighting coming in from behind the drummer, the blue tinge makes the artists in the image seem important and they use big atmospheric lights.

I could edit in this style of composition in order to create a more dramatic, atmospheric images with in my project. The wider angles make the scene feel more cramped, but jam packed with people.

Secondly, I could watch a tutorial in order to enhance the lighting situation, maybe to create a stronger beam coming from the light source.

Another idea would be to take a panorama of a concert that I might be shooting and capture the entire inside of the venue in 1 shot. This would make for a great atmospheric shot, especially if there's a good crowd and decent spotlights, It might just replica this image but have more room cramped into it. To do this I will watch a tutorial of YouTube on how to take a panorama on DSLR in low lighting. I could attempt this in the streets at night, to test the lighting, or at the Mayfare Gig on the 3rd of May 2019.

http://www.jessefox.net/about

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I edited this image in the style of the above artist in order convey a dramatic atmosphere. To do so I cropped down the image in order to make it look like a panorama, I then made it black and white and brought out the noise in the image.
This image is one of my favorite atmospheric shots I ave took, and I love the way I have edited it, making the image seem so dark, but the subject bright.

This links back to my research as, I ended up cropping the image in order to convey a small atmosphere, I also enhanced the light beam from behind in order to create a more intense/dramatic mood. It also links back to my word/theme as the image is a portrait (people), conveying a cramped, intense atmosphere of live act photography.

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ABOUT: In a few short years Charlotte Patmore has made herself pretty much indispensable to the music world. Whether she's capturing the punk spirit of a band playing live or she's creating someones cover art, she's getting one step closer to the artist you want to know. - Notion Magazine

There is not much information online about Charlotte Patmore, however I found a video on discovering Charlotte Patmore.

How she got into music photography?
In her 2nd year, she was asked to photograph a musician: King Kruel. And ended up shooting for his first album. She then went on to document the whole process with his band for a month. From here, she realized she wanted to do music photography.

I also found out that she mainly shoots with film cameras, however has one digital slr that she always takes with her.

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I like this style of music photography as this is what you dont get to see, behind the scenes. I love how natural looking and raw the images are, with the touch of a flash or close up lighting. I think this is done through using old film cameras and dark rooms to develop them. I feel like this makes the artist more relatable this is more raw looking and makes the subject seem as equal as other people.

I could set up a photo shoot and have one light, or use the sun as a main source of lighting, and a subject to shoot with. Ideally, I would prefer the shoot to be inside.

Another idea would be to get to a gig early and photograph the band from behind the scenes. This means that the stage lighting would not be on so the image would come out raw looking or maybe, needing a flash.

https://www.charlottepatmore.com/

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I chose the images below in order to show the type of artistic style I want to achieve within my work. I love the contrast look between the dark blacks and the bright whites as it adds a more serious feel to the image.

I also dont want to just focus on musicians on stage, id love to get some behind the scene shots too, like the images below.

I have chosen this band to look into, as I have been brought up listening to them and loving them. I can feel their energy when I listen to their music, and you can feel the strength and respect, from looking at their pictures.

I love the different compositions and how the musicians are sometimes jumbled in together like a jigsaw in order to take the photo, followed bythe facial  expressions produced by the front man. This establishes the connection between the band and the crowd.

I feel like I have the biggest connection with these artists and their style of photography.

As the bands style has became their image. I also love the old school styling of photography, where the image is slightly flat, and washed out.

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ABOUT:  My music industry journey began in 2002 when I founded Stars and Scars music magazine and concert promotion company at age 16. Over a decade later, I became a professional wedding and portrait photographer. Gaining advanced skills in those areas spilled over to my first love of live music, and here we are! I enjoy shooting NJ / NYC shows when I’m home. On the road, I offer daily photography, including behind the scenes content, band portraits, and show photos.

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I have been invited to take images of the supporting band - Dutch Elm. For this shoot, they have told me that they would like really wide shots, atmospheric images as they have already accumulated a fair amount of close up portraits.  As this band is has an instrumental/experimental sound, I feel like I can experiment with the images I capture, maybe by using light trails, or using a double exposure effect.

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I have also been invited to shoot at The Surf Cafe for palm beach. This gig, I know, is going to be a cozy garage like gig, so my main focus is to capture sharp looking images and maybe turn them into black and white depending on how the images turn out. For this gig, I am going to tun up at 5pm for load in with the band, im going to document their whole experience at the surf cafe, as this is the last gig before festival season.

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I have been asked by: NCL Indie Society to shoot the whole of this gig from start to finish. This gig i know will be a struggle as there is minimal lighting, meaning one huge ugly spot light coming from the right hand side of the stage, and the background is lit with fairy lights. I know I am going to be shooting at a very high ISO. For this gig, as it is kind of work, I am going to focus on catching the bands having fun, along with some crowd interactions and emotions.

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I am going to The Cluny on may 3rd, in order to shoot mayfares gig. The last time is saw mayfare was at The cluny about 6 months ago, which just happened to be my first ever gig to shoot. It will be interesting to see how my photography has changed/improved over this short space of time.

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I follow this photography account on my professional Instagram, and I came across the image below of Peter Doherty that caught my eye.

I love the use of the flash in this image as I feel like it makes the image seem older, as if it had been taken in 2006.

Another thing I love about this image is how I feel like I am looking up to him, and how be is perfectly/just over exposed.

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Another image from the same artist that caught my eye was this close and intimate image of a band member and a crowd member. This photo feels very in your face but with just the right distance, I also like the type of lense used in this image which im guessing is a fish eye. I love this effect as it makes the ceiling slight curve which shows you the amount of people in the venue.

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Is a band from Wallsend that I shoot gigs for quite regularly. I take a load of inspiration from their sound and lyrics. Their sound can only be described as Raw garage with a tinge of the 60s.

This style of music that this band plays makes me want to shoot under exposed images then edit in black and white, bring up the midtones and bring out the grain.

I love the 60s feeling as it reminds me of the end of Ferris Buellers day off when they play twist and shout in the street.

Palm beach actually remind me of the Scott Pilgrim vs. the world movie/soundtrack, with the slight distortions on the microphone, guitar and loud messy drums.

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This film has been one of my favorites for the past 10 years, I love the soundtrack, film, and the editing styles/techniques. This scene is filled with a series of footage backed up with on screen editing. The extra effects like the 'Ds' to portray the music notes and the camera shakes for when the notes get heavier. I feel like I can capture these effects visually in a photography style and use it effectively in my work in order to enhance its effect on my images.

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Scott Pilgrim VS The World Bass Battle Scene (RE-UPLOAD)

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What I like about this artist is that they focus on double exposure photography. It makes the image more complicated and intense if your using it the right way. The colours in the images below contrast nicely and create weird atmospheric images.

I could use this technique within my work in order to show atmosphere or personality. These are really trippy effects and I feel like they would work really well with my word 'people'.

What I think would really work well is if I use the photos from the Palm Beach gig, as they are a 2 piece, and combine 2 of their images into a double exposure. I feel like it would work well and that the band might want it too.

http://starsandscarsphoto.com/about/

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How did you find the shoot?
The shoot its self, if feel, was fairly successful. I tried multiple shots with numerous angles resulting in perfect compositions. I also went more closer to the subject when taking photos even though it was canny scary.

Any problems you encountered?
There were no major problems mainly minors. Firstly, when going around the back of the stage towards the drummer, I was using my 50mm prime lense, which obviously doesn't zoom in or out, and I was very close to the subject and unable to get the shot I wanted because of this. Secondly, whilst doing this shoot, there was a full theater of audience which was proper awkward and nerve racking.

How did you overcome these?
I have learnt from my mistakes and now will evaluate the area im going to photograph and bring the appropriate lense with it. To overcome my own stage fright, I literally held my breath when I was moving around and diddnt look at the audience on the way back.

How did you choose the images to edit?
These images, to me, feel like promotional images, so I decided to edit them slightly, looking like real life edits. I have also experimented with overlapping images and making them unique.

EDITING STYLE?
I edited these images in black and white in order to convey atmosphere. The artist I can link this work to the most would be Pennie Smith for my use of Black and White. To improve this editing style in my next shoot, I am going to try and compose my images so that I can, in post production, add grain/noise.

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I created this giff out of inspiration from Barnaby Fairly. She uses a really old film camera - N8000 - and then makes her images move side to side, like a 3D photo.

I feel like it was fairly sucsessfull as there is some movement between the 2 images in the giff.

To improve, I feel like this Giff would look better if there were more images to flick through, so it made the sequence a little bit longer.

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I really love this photo. It reminds me of The Prodigy's out of space music video. I feel like this image works as the overlay is the same image took at a different angle.

This image; I imagine, if I had seen it in a magazine, could have been took at a festival, although the top and bottom of the image feel like they’ve been chopped off, they give a festival feel towards the image which I like. In November 2018, I traveled to Leeds to see The Prodigy and they had similar video footage to what I have styled this exact image like, with the over lapping if the 2 images and the colour change on the see through layer.

I took inspiration from the artist Isha Shan when editing my images by using the same technique as she has.

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At this point in time, I was listening to the chemical brothers "we've got to try". From this song, I ended up turning the whole image green, and stretching it a little bit and adding the same image on top with a lower opacity. This is the effect I ended up with. Personally I love it, If you sit listening to the song I thinik this image fits perfectly, as it kind of sounds like Alien tunes.

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I was inspired by the above artist to create this image. I feel like I have mimicked a double exposure by using the opacity settings on Photoshop. I feel like this image really words well as both the images used are so similar and were probably took .5 of a second apart from each other, so they make a good sequence, if you know what I mean.

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What word have you chosen, why and how will you be exploring it?

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What word have you chosen, why and how will you be exploring it?

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My chosen word is 'people'. I have chosen this word because I want to explore portraiture, which is something outside my comfort zone, along with experimental edits within my live act photography.

I have chosen to explore the word 'people' through concert.

I already; as a hobby, take photos of indie/underground bands around The North East. I feel like exploring other artistic styles will allow me to improve my confidence along with my own artistic style. I would like to expand on my thoughts and ideas and let my photography take me into a different/experimental style within my work on live act photography.

UPDATE:
I have decided to explore the 70s era of music photography within my work, this includes working in the styles of artists such as: Pennie Smith + Mick Rock.

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This is a photo I shot for Mayfare at The Cluny. I was inspired by the above artist to play around with colour and overlaying/double exposure in order to get the finished result.

To edit this image, I turned the bottom layer in to black and white, imported the same image again, and placed it on top. I then turned down the opacity, after that I then messed around with the Hue/Sat in order to change the colour.

To make this image my own styling, I wanted to use the kaleidoscope effect I felt from the image from the above artist  and used contrasting colours to fully deliver that effect.

What I don't like about this edit is that it seems too messy and maybe the colours are to vibrant to contrast nicely against each other. To be honest, I just dont feel like I've captured the same artistic styling as the above artist within my editing.

To improve this edit I think ill make the background image black and white and then put a red over cast on top of it, to make the image seem more in the style of the above artist.

Looking back at this edited image, I really quite hate it.

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To edit this photo I placed 2 of the same images onto of each other. Made the top image bigger than the other and used photo filter to make it red. I then chose a complete different image, turned down the opacity and layered it on top.

I feel like this attempt of the style of Isha Shan was much more successful than the first.

I much prefer this styling of image/edit. I think ill want to use this styling of photography/editing with in my project. This effect might be successful if I am trying to show the environment and whats going on.

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This is a photo from a shoot I done for Palm Beach at Riverside, Newcastle. I love the facial expressions pulled by the guitarist, and the way the subject is leaning back as it adds personality to the image.

To edit this image, I had to bring up the mid tones, in order to brighten the image, as I shot it underexposed, with a high ISO to get the noise. I then turned it in to black and white in order to get the old image effect.

I feel like this image dosnt meet the depth of the blacks that Pennie Smith uses, so I dont think it is really in the style of the artist above. To improve, I think instead of upping the mid tones im going to drop them to get the desired effect.

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I have edited this image in the style of the above artist by using the black and white effect along with dropping the midtones and bringing up the exposure. In the end this style of editing gives the finished image a deep and full feel. I like how this turned out, however I felt like I couldn’t add grain as the image looked more eye pleasing this way.

I chose this image because I know it would have a lot of deep blacks in it along with the light that shines down like in the above artists image.

I feel like this edit turned out much better and technically accurate that the first attempt. I can now say, I feel like I have successfully used a similar technique to edit my photo from Pennie Smith.

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Music and tour photographer based out of San Diego, California. He spends most of his time traveling the world with bands and capturing moments both on and off stage.

Elmakias grew up in the culturally diverse, art-friendly city of Madison, Wisconsin, attended numerous local concerts when he was in high school, and started bringing his camera.

“My career as a music photographer has been a slow, steady, and consistent effort since then,” he tells Adorama. “I had a blast the whole time, have enjoyed the learning process very much, and I’m excited to keep doing this for the rest of my life.”

How does Elmakias see his mission, and what is he trying to achieve in creating incisive portraits of musicians and images that distill the essence and intensity of their performances and their lives backstage?

“I like to think of it as harnessing chaos to an extent that it all appears intentional, but the energy is still expressed,” he notes. “My goal is to have a very concise and perfectly laid out image comprised of a bunch of things that are more of less out of my control with the exception of how I shoot them. As far as my career is concerned, I never made a conscious decision to go pro—it just kind of kept on happening as I was having fun.”

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Will you be carrying any of these styles into your photo-shoots or editing?

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Adam Elmakias is a Music Photographer. He travels the world and photographs concerts, festivals, and backstage portraits.

What I like about this image, is that the lens gives a fisheye effect. This makes a difference from the other artists/images I have looked at as the image bends up the screen. I feel like this effect just gives a more atmospheric feeling.

I could use the same effect by attaching a little fish eye lens onto the back of my phone camera, as I do not have a canon fish eye. I have also looked for alternatives by transforming the image on Photoshop to fish eye, this just stretches the photo and brings you closer to the image.

I feel like using the lens would work effectively in order to get the same result as the above artist.

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BIO: Mick Rock is a British photographer, best known for his iconic shots of rock legends such as Queen, David Bowie, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and The Stooges, Geordie, The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Crossfade, Thin Lizzy, Mötley Crüe, and Blondie.

He "picked up a friend's camera" at around the same time and soon started to take pictures of the local rock scene, acquiring some friends and contacts along the way (including Cambridge native Syd Barrett and Mick Jagger's younger brother, Chris).

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I really like the style of photography. Although the subjects are not on a stage, it is still a documented portrait. Most likeyl, this image was taken on an old film camera, hence why the image is so noisey. personally, I like the noise. I also love the contrast between the blacks and the whites, I think its the ocntrast that makes the entire image. I also really like how I can feel the connection between the 2 subjects in the image, it makes you feel as if its you sitting in front of them taking the image.

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I am going to shoot a gig @TheGlobe tonight for Dutch Elm. As they want really wide/atmospheric shots, I have decided to take my fish eye lens for my phone in order to work in the style of Adam Elmakias, and capture the atmosphere in a diferent astyle. I also want to get lots of crowd shots, or photos of the band, through the crowd, either way I want very atmospheric shots.

What are you going to capture?
I am going to try and capture movement and energy. Hopefully these images will turn out slighly smudged due to the slow shutter speed I am going to test. This band are very loud and bounce about, I am going to trey and convey energy through movement (slow shutter) and through my editing, inspired by other artists.

Equipment

Canon 750d

Canon 5D

10-20mm (wide)

50mm Prime

Fish eye

18-55mm

Gorillapod

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The Globe is the first bar and music venue in the UK to be owned by a cooperative committed to music. Cooperative ownership ensures that The Globe will continue to be a place where people can enjoy live music in a relaxed environment and where musicians can share and develop their skills.

It had just enough room, small pub, perfect lighting form certain sides.

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These contact sheets are from the shoot for Dutch Elm - 27/03/19. My main goal was to try and take images from different angles. I focus more on the face of the subject like I said in my last reflection, I pushed myself outside of my comfort zone.

Are you happy with the end results? I am fairly happy with the results, as I pushed myself to get the shots I wanted. I was basically rolling around on the dirty floor tryong to get the shots and angles I wanted.

How are you linking these images to your word and theme? These images are of my chosen word 'people'. To captre my themse of live act movement, I have started to loosen up the shutter speed and capture some movement within my images.

How has this shoot influenced the next shoot? I love the images took from a low angle, this shoot has inspired to to keep trying out weird and abnormal angles to take images of as it makes the image seem more intese, or like more is going on within the image itself.

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Cristina de Middel’s ongoing project, Gentlemen's Club, focuses on prostitution’s less well documented side: men. In the latest instalment of the global series the photographer travelled to Thailand, where prostitution and the associated industries constitute a sizeable share of the nation's GDP

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Cristina de Middel 's intimate portraits of men in low-lit rooms slowly draw us into a desire that drives them into the arms of prostitutes. It is here, in these dark corners hidden away from it all that men of all walks of life find themselves inextricably drawn to a fleeting encounter with a local sex worker.

For de Middel, the photographic reportage of prostitution had been reduced to a series of visual clichés revolving around women, sex, and capitalism. For all of the stories told time and again, the identity and lives of the clients was all but invisible. The Spanish-Belgian photographer, who now lives between Brazil and Mexico, has always enjoyed subverting the paradigms of the status quo to provide new sources of insight and understanding.

The ongoing project, Gentlemen's Club, began in Rio de Janeiro with a simple advert placed two in free newspapers, Extra and O Dia. de Middel offered to pay clients for an hour of their time, during which she would photograph and interview them in a local hotel room. The response was overwhelming. With more than 100 people responding willing to participate, de Middel recognized a much larger story unfolding before her eyes.

Adopting a global perspective, de Middel decided to expand the project to cover eight major prostitution hubs on every continent around the world, bar Australasia. Since launching the project in June 2015, de Middel has completed the first leg of her journey: Rio, Havana, Paris, and Bangkok. Plans for Mumbai, Kiev or Moscow, Las Vegas, and Lagos are on deck, with de Middel focused on the key cities where photographers have traditionally gone to make stories about prostitution.

This August, de Middel returned from a three-week trip to Bangkok - a city where prostitution flourishes despite being de jureillegal. With revenues estimated to be worth US$6.4 billion in 2015, sex work is one of the leading contributors to the Thai GDP. For Gentlemen's Club, de Middel focuses exclusively on cisheterosexual encounters, although she recognizes the industry is extremely diverse. The red light districts of Bangkok cater to any number of penchants and propensities inside the brothels, massage parlors, restaurants, and specialty bars.

Here, de Middel took a different approach to finding subjects. "I ask friends, or people I meet if they know 'someone' who uses a prostitute's services - because I cannot ask them about themselves. They find people for me, because I am a woman," she laughs. "These men all use prostitutes, but they have to find a friend who wants to pose instead of themselves."

De Middel got her start on the project after meeting an art handler at Photo Bankgok known for discussing his dalliances. Together, they took a taxi to an area that services local men. Along the way, they struck up a conversation with their driver, who himself agreed to participate. "Then he called three more friends. It was like pulling a thread. Once there is one trusting you, then they all start popping up - but the first one is the hardest," de Middel remembers.

Once at the hotel, de Middel assumes the position that the client traditionally occupies during the encounter: first booking the room for $10-$20 an hour, then paying the men the same amount they would spend on a prostitute.

"There were a few that realized what was going on. Right at the moment where I give the money, they go, 'Ahhh, okay,'" de Middel observes knowingly.

"Most of the time, they take the money and they are happy about it because in the end, the motivation is the same as the woman's: they do it because they need the money. They don't do it because they want to do it. There are many clients who would never accept money to be in a picture, because they don't need it."

In Bangkok, de Middel worked with a translator to explain the idea of project to the men. Then, after signing a model release, she showed them examples from previous shoots so that they understand the concept of her work. Each session is broken up into two parts: first the portrait, then the interview.

For the portrait session, de Middel asked her subjects to pretend that they were in the hotel room at the very beginning of their encounter with a prostitute. "There are some who go to sex workers because they need affection and others who are really obsessed with sex. I tried to understand what kind of clients they are. It's quite psychological," de Middel observes.

Following the shoot, de Middel conducts a simple and straightforward interview that covers the client's history, frequency, motivation, and cost for visiting prostitutes. She also asks them about their marital status, if they have children, and if their wives know about their visits to prostitutes.

"In Bangkok, half of the local men said they got drunk and their friends took them there. The others said they went out of curiosity. Prostitution is everywhere. There are different areas for Japanese clients, Arab clients, Western clients, and local clients. It is so accessible and cheap that I understand every man is like, 'Why not try?'" de Middel notes.

"Then there were the Western tourists. All of them said that that they had their first prostitute encounter in Bangkok. Almost all of them said that they got tricked. They said they were drunk in a bar and thought that they had seduced a woman - just like that. They went to her house and then when they woke up in the morning they have to pay a huge amount of money, or she would call the police."

Though the interviews were brief and direct, they provided many men with an unexpected opportunity to speak from the heart. "You never know what is going to happen. Sometimes they reply with one word and others are waiting for someone to ask them and the room becomes a confessional and they can say everything to a woman," de Middel reveals.

"There are people you feel have the need to talk, so they project on me what they would say to their wife. I try not to project any judgment. I don't want to blame them. I just want to understand. They have guilt in front a of a woman but when they are in front of a man, they don't feel guilty. They show off. It's really a gender-specific reaction."

For de Middel, the portraits that make up Gentleman's Club are a form of visual justice, and an opportunity to go inside a very well known world and see what has largely been hidden from the public dialogue on the subject of prostitution. For as much as sex workers are studied at length, there appears to be a corresponding absence of attention paid to the clients.

"It's quite exciting to break into that world and see it the other way around. It is a different approach to how things happen - and most of the time, it is forbidden to a woman," de Middel says.

"Men can get this sort of information, they can go themselves, they can ask their fathers, brothers, whoever - but women, are you going to ask your husband, your brother, your father or just go in the streets and ask a prostitute how it is? Never going to happen. There is a part of the information, that is buried for women and that's what I tried to find."

Gentlemen's Club exposes a story that few have told about the "world's oldest profession." De Middel acknowledges, "These men want to stay invisible. The conversations were so deep. They could be anyone. It is two realities for two genders. If that information was available to wives, the idea of family might change. I understand why men are scared to talk openly about this."

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Gentlemen's Club Bangkok * Cristina de Middel * Magnum Photos

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Cristina de Middel 's intimate portraits of men in low-lit rooms slowly draw us into a desire that drives them into the arms of prostitutes. It is here, in these dark corners hidden away from it all that men of all walks of life find themselves inextricably drawn to a fleeting encounter with a local sex worker.

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What is the photographic story title? Gentlemen’s Club Bangkok.

What drew you to the story?
Typically, semi naked photos of men would make me run the other way however, knowing the context behind it, make the images more interesting. Its quite a unique and catchy title that they have used for the story, usually you dont get to see what goes on inside unless you actually are on the inside. Also, the portraits of the men are then backed up with the atmospheric shots of the tabs on the floor, or of the pink phone, these are all little details that adds to the bigger picture. Everything that is included in a dirty bedroom, the photographer focuses closely.

What is the common visual theme throughout the story?

Shadows

Low light

Minimalist

Emotions

Body position

Composition of small objects (central + isolated)

How have these images been composed to show the link between the theme and the emotional content of the images?
This photo essay is about a brothel in Thailand, all of these images have been constructed so you ca see the male perspective of prostitution as apposed to the stereotypical female side. You can tell in some of the images that the rooms are small and dirty, as there are minimalist photos of bins, tabs and other thing that might be laying around a hookers room. The men just look lost or lonely, by the expression on their faces supported by their body language. This makes me feel sad but also slightly uneasy as naked men would probably make most people feel uncomfortable.

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I was inspired too edit his image by the ex Pistols poster with its 'ACID COLOR YELLOW'.

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Philip Jones Griffiths captures everyday life in 1960s Liverpool and the explosion of a counter-culture unique to the northern city

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In January 2017, Liverpool's Cavern Club celebrated its 60 th anniversary. For a time in the 1960s, the tiny venue became the focal point for alternative, and subsequently pop, culture in the UK; local band, The Beatles, played the venue almost 300 times. The club has since become emblematic of a period when the northwest English city of Liverpool seemed to be the epicentre of counter-culture cool. While London in the south was defined by commercial pop stars, such as Cliff Richard, Joe Brown, and Adam Faith, in the northern provinces, youth forged their own path against this exclusion and perceived blandness with a more American, rather than London-inspired, take on rock 'n' roll.

A satellite scene emerged. Local musical artists the Searchers, Cilla Black, the Fourmost, the Swinging Blue Jeans, the Merseybeats, and The Beatles would go on to lead a takeover of British pop and take the city to international acclaim. American beat poet Allen Ginsberg visited the city in May 1965, and declared the city to be "at the present moment, the center of consciousness of the human universe". It's no surprise Ginsberg felt excited by the city; Liverpool had begun to host it's own 'happenings' inspired by the Beat events, at which artists, musicians, and poets would would hang out and riff off of one another's practices.

Late Magnum photographer Philip Jones Griffiths captured one of the early happenings in Liverpool, organized by local poet Adrian Henri in 1963. At this time, too, the photographer also paid a visit to Liverpool's fabled Cavern club. Philip Jones Griffiths' exploration of Liverpool did not begin and end with the city's hipster crowd, but he sought to explore more about life in the inner city during that decade. In 1966 he photographed the streets, the terraced houses and the people whose lives played out there. The images appeared in the book Recollections, of which the late former British Labour politician, Tony Benn, said, "It is a very important book because for me, and everyone of my age, it is a chronicle of a period of history which may seem far away but which led to ideas of great importance for the future."

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The Liverpool Scene * Philip Jones Griffiths * Magnum Photos

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In January 2017, Liverpool's Cavern Club celebrated its 60 th anniversary. For a time in the 1960s, the tiny venue became the focal point for alternative, and subsequently pop, culture in the UK; local band, The Beatles, played the venue almost 300 times.

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What is the photographic story title? The Liverpool Scene

What drew you to the story? How relevant it is even in a different era. "alternative, and subsequently pop, culture in the UK" is basically the audience I go for when targeting gigs, in the North East. Visually, what appealed to me most was the age of the images... You can tell they are older by the amount of grain and the composition styling. I love the use of the shadows with the black as it makes the light beams stand out.

How can this story link with your project? The majority of these images are crowd/atmospheric shots, I feel like I can explore this visual side of live act photography.

What is the common visual theme throughout the story?

Noise/Grain

Black and white

Movement/Motion

Low lighting

People

Texture

Environment

How have these images been composed to show the link between the theme and the emotional content of the images?
This photo essay is about the begging of alternative/pop culture in the UK. The images have been composed so that you can feel/see the atmosphere conveyed by the photographer + band. This has been done through the use of shadows. The atmosphere conveyed feels like an interlude, like everyone is waiting for them to start, inferred by the crowds facial expressions at the front. However we know the band is the main subject as we have this light spill/glow than just falls behind the darkened outline of the band.

This era and styling of photography really impacts me as the audience, I really feel a community atmosphere and the editing style is fitting with the venue.

Below is an inspired edit from the above photo essay.

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This is a burst of images I took on my Iphone. Attached to the camera, I had a fish eye adapter in order to get the same effect as Adam Elmakias within his photos. These images are extremely poor quality and I realized during the shoot that it was actually easier to shoot the band in black and white. I feel like, for my first attempt, this was fairly successful. These images actually look like they were took in the style of Pennie Smith and it was all experimentaion.

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I edited this image in the style of the above artist by using the same techniques and styles. Both images have/use:

Negative Space

Noise/Grain

Shadows

Black and White

With this image, I tried to convey an atmosphere, so I left lots of negative space to isolate the subject. I also added some noise too to fill in the negative space and gives the image some texture.

I feel like the contrast makes the image more intense, the less bright it is, the less intense.

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DUTCH ELM @THEGLOBE
My photo essay is showing progression/movement. The idea is to go from the start of the gig, where people still feel uncomfortable, to the end of the gig, where people are headbanging and chucking drinks everywhere. I tried to show the transition from start to finish. I feel like this was successful as the story slowly progresses from still images to blurred. I personally love the last 2 images as they capture motion perfectly, I think its quite emotive, especially the last image as it makes me feel intense.

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I edited this image in the style of Chris Mills by enhancing the natural look/coloring of the image. I feel like this effect works really well as you can easily picture yourself standing in this crowd at the gig. Whereas a Black and White image might be harder to picture yourself there as it is less realistic.

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This is a drawing that I have completed of one of my own image, in the style of Fabrizio Cassetta. I have used the scribble effect in order to give my drawing some background detail, which reflects the venues interior, grungy.
I have attempted to convey the atmosphere as creepy and cold. I have also attempted to show the contrast in the image by using a white graffiti pen and a black sharpie.

Will you use this again in your project? This was really enjoyable and I had fun doing it however, i dont feel like it conveys much of an atmosphere.

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I have been asked to go and shoot a gig @TheSurfCafe for Palm Beach. I am going to document the whole experience and follow the band around all night. This gig, I aim, to capture the atmosphere and let my images tell a story. This will include, amp+instrument shots, crowd shots, drinks and the band itself.

What are you going to capture?
Abnormal angles and compositions, attempt to get a shot like Matthias Hombauer who took an image from up a hight, lookng down on the venue. I am gong to do this in order to show the size of the venue and the crowd inside it.

Equipment

Canon 750d

Canon 5D

50mm prime

18-35mm

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@surfe Cafe Tynemouth.
Voted 'best independent music venue in the North East'.

The Surf Cafe in Tynemouth has been voted the most popular North East independent music venue in our readers’ poll.

The tiny venue is nestled between Juvan Arts and the Surf Co. in a building that is over a century old and and has been open for three and a half years.

The Surf Cafe, which has a capacity of 80 for a standing gig and 45 for a seated gig, serves as an intimate bar/cafe seven days a week and is home to a weekly music night.

It hosts regular gigs allowing music fans to get up close to the acts due to its size, which provides a unique gig experience and shows often sell out.

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The Surf Cafe in Tynemouth has been voted the most popular North East independent music venue in our readers' poll.

Two weeks ago we asked you to vote for your favourite from a list of well established venues and the Surf Cafe came top with 40.9% of the vote.

In second place was Think Tank? with 20.2% and The Cluny and Cluny 2 came third with 12.5%, meaning gig-goers seem to prefer the smaller, more intimate setting of the Surf Cafe.

Owner Nigel Mace said: "We're beyond delighted to be named winners, especially when we were up against some of the region's most established and best-loved music venues, places where we nurtured our own love of live music and saw many of the North East's great live acts.

"To now be up there with them is praise indeed, and a real testament to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved with our little venue, not to mention the loyalty of the music fans who support us week after week - and the musicians themselves who not only keep coming back but tell other acts how great it is to play here.

"When we started, our motto was 'why go somewhere ordinary?' We feel like we achieved the extraordinary today."

The tiny venue is nestled between Juvan Arts and the Surf Co. in a building that is over a century old and and has been open for three and a half years.

The Surf Cafe, which has a capacity of 80 for a standing gig and 45 for a seated gig, serves as an intimate bar/cafe seven days a week and is home to a weekly music night.

It hosts regular gigs allowing music fans to get up close to the acts due to its size, which provides a unique gig experience and shows often sell out.

Next on the Surf Cafe bill is the show (sold out now) by The Lake Poets on January 30

It will be followed by Paul Jeans, aka The Shooting Of, and Trev Gibb on February 6; The Jar Family on March 5th; and Man Made, who are fronted by Johnny Marr's son, on March 12.

Richy Southern, events promoter for the Surf Cafe, said: "We're absolutely chuffed that people have gone out of their way to vote for us.

"It was an honour just to be included in the vote alongside such well loved venues. To know people appreciate what we are doing feels extremely satisfying and makes all the effort worthwhile.

"We'd like to extend a massive thank you to everyone who voted and we promise to try and justify your decision to vote for us as your favourite music venue."

Tynemouth Surf Cafe is located at Unit 2, Palace Buildings, Grand Parade, Tynemouth.

To keep up to date with their gigs go to www.facebook.com/surfcafe.tynemouth.

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Tynemouth's Surf Cafe voted best independent music venue by Chronicle readers

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The Surf Cafe in Tynemouth has been voted the most popular North East independent music venue in our readers' poll. Two weeks ago we asked you to vote for your favourite from a list of well established venues and the Surf Cafe came top with 40.9% of the vote.

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Are you happy with the end results? For what I had to deal with and overcoming withing this shoot Id say ive done fairly well.

How are you linking these images to your word and theme? I feel like Im taking these images and adding the atmosphere and setting to them in post production. I have been more focused on crowd shots and people attitudes and personality.

How has this shoot influenced the next shoot? This has influenced my next shoot not to be at the surf cafe, because I hate it. This shoot has inspired me to again work more with black and white. Maybe in the style of Pennie Smith. And also to think of better composition within my images, e.g. fill in the background with things in the venue.

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Why you like it?
I am drawn to this image because the angle is bizarre. This type of composition is more atmospheric and you can actually see the size of the room and the relationship between the people and the people to the band.
How can you use this in your work?
I know there is a space like this at The Cluny where i might be  able to compose an image in the same style as this.
How has it been composed/edited?
This image has been shot from above, maybe a small balcony, in order to show scale, and maybe to capture the havoc below. This image has been edited in black and white, maybe to show an era in time or to show a contrast.

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CHRIS MILLS - MOVEMENT/SHUTTER
Again, I stole a technique from Chris Mills by capturing movement withing my image. This effect has been done by slowing down the shutter speed. I have done this in order to show the subjects banging, this gig was amazing to shoot visually and I wanted to capture this moment. I edited this image in the style of Pennie smith by using the black and white effect, along with dropping the mid tones.

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I ripped up the image so that you can clearly see the rip mark along the side. I have done this in order to represent the genre, which is experiential/instrumental. I also feel like this is a powerful image as the rips add texture to it. This could represent anger or something that you dont want to remember. It also adds that extra edge, makes the image complete.

I was inspired to use this technique of ripping up paper and putting it back together by the poster for Richard Hell. I just feel like this makes the image stronger and unique: by adding texture and a grainier, lesser quality to the image.

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ABOUT: My name is FABRIZIO CASSETTA but all of my works are signed using my art name which is LAUTIR.
I live and work in Milan,Italy.I was born in 1971. I have worked for years as a comic drawer,professional illustrator and painter.In my store you can find works made by means of various painting techniques.

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Why you like it?
I like this drawing because it looks scribbled, to me, this shows the genre of music the people are playing, I infer rock or maybe metal. I also feel like the scribbles effect could symbolize movement, in photography maybe a slow shutter speed like 'Chris Mills'.

How can you use this in your work?
I can use this in my work in order to portray an atmosphere or emotion or to highlight a specific image.

https://fabrizio-cassetta.pixels.com/

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Why you like it?
What I like most about this poster, is that the space around the subject looks ripped. It adds texture to the image, making it seem like this old styling.
What techniques have been used?
Mixed media, Images have been taken of the computer ripped up and put back on, notes have also been ripped off and put on the computer. This effect just gives the poster a vintage and unique look.
How it can inspire your work?
This can inspire my work to work with mediums other than the pc, try some 3d materials and experimentation. I also want to try the ripped paper effect

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I created this poster whilst watching the 'How to make a pop punk poster'.

Was it successful?

I feel like my attempt was fairly successful, however I diddnt like the colour or he style of the font they were using n the video, so I grabbed the graphics tablet ad hand drew it on instead to make it look more 'scrappy'.

What techniques were used?

Edit > Fill > Content aware

In order to fill in a part of the image that has been cropped off. Can apply this to my work if I have to do some complex cropping.

Filter > Filter Gallery > Distort > Diffuse glow

In order to distort the face, which brings up the whites, creating a contrast between the blacks and whites.

Filter > Filter gallery > Texture > Grain

Would you use this in your project again?
I did enjoy creating this piece of work, an i do love the style of it, i could see my self making a few more posters exploring the 70s era. However I dont think ill be carrying it on within my project.

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How did you find the shoot? I loved this shoot, it was probably my most favourate one yet. I feel comfortable with the bands that were playing and we get on so its not awkward. if anything me knowing the band gets better images and they feel more comfotable infront of my camera.

Any problems you encountered?
A probelm I encountered was when I got home, the images of the 5D camera were slightly blurred, and I thought these were going to be my best images. Another problem I encunetered was my height, The band I wasshooting asked for some crowd shots, due to my height I was unable to get good shots of the crowd and the full band.

How did you overcome these? Next time I am going to grab a chair if there is a one available and stand on it to get the pics I need to get.
I encouraged the blur/movement and made the sole focus of the ruined images, movement, I edited them in a style that made them make sense and not messy.

How did you choose the images to edit? I picked the images with the most going on, or that has been isolated or has something eye catching in it. To edit, I had in mind, that I wanted to have some raw/room looking images and some distorted images. I chose images that were high contrast in order to match the style of Pennie Smith. To improve this style I could try to add grain/noise ontop of my images.

WILL YOU BE CARRYING THIS STYLE ON?
Personally I loved experimenting with color within my edits, however in order to capture the style of the 70s I dont think this is an effective way of getting this effect. I would prefer to carry forward the Black and White style.

LAST SHOOT INFLUENCE? y/n
My original plan for this shoot was to get in their face and grab some face portraits, instead because of the energy the band was producing, I decided to get my wide angle out and try to capture ther flow of the energy and the atmosphere that was surrounding the band. I wouldnt of been able to capture that my my 50mm prime.

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Why you like it?
I love this image as it feels like a homework task from school. Proper cutting out and sticking in. The home made look makes it seem more professional for the genre of music its advertising. I also love the handwriting, which makes the art unique as everyone has different hand writing.
What techniques have been used?
Mixed media, 3D materials such as paper, along with using the computer. Photocopier potentially used, given the dates it might be different machines used in that time.
How it can inspire your work?
I have been inspired to create my own poster in the style of this one. Thing I will take away from this poster are composition and text (font).

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Why you like it?
I am drawn to this image because of the colour it is and the vibrancy. I also love the contrast between the black and the yellow, as it makes the image clearer. I personally like how they have made the image seem grainy, or that paint has dried over it weirdly.
What techniques have been used?
Blend modes have been used in order to get the subject i the image, the same colour as the background.
How it can inspire your work?
This might inspire me to make my work more vibrant, or try out grainier styles, new colour, experiment more within my images.

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My first attempt is the image on the right. I think this style looks clean and more soft if you know what I mean. However my 2nd attempt I feel is much better as it is bolder with the text.

I feel like this was successful as my intention was to create a professional looking, home made/hand made poster, in the style of the 1970s.

I was inspired by the poster design for The Clash to, include my own hand written information and to compose the poster. I thought the composition was really unique and stood out with the blacks against the whites and the positive space towards the top and bottom of the image.

This links back to my theme as the subject is isolated in the middle of the page, and the concept of the subjects image being ripped away from the rest of the image, makes the situation seem more emotive.