I spent one afternoon backstage at the tents during this year’s Fashion Week. These photos are a mix from three shows: Jill Stuart, Mara Hoffman and Tibi.  I don’t pretend to know anything about fashion but I can appreciate all the work that goes into putting one of these shows on. Hair, makeup, nails, run throughs, clothes, interviews, etc.. all going on before the show happens. Maybe one day I’ll actually be in front of the show. Full gallery at end of post.

Erica, 30. “Catwoman”

(L-R) Terry(39) “Tie Fighter pilot”, Logan(6.5) “Luke Skywalker”, Nicole(35) “Princess Padme”, Alexis (10 months) “Ewok”

Kevin, 42. “Superman”

Rachel, 24. Lana, 25. “Silent Hill nurses”

Stephanie, 18. “Russia”

Kayla, 22. “Jenova”

Sarah, 22. “Amy Rose”

Jimmy ,25. “Jack Skellington”

John, 32. “Original steampunk design”

Kristof, 1,149. “Giant Robot”

Jennifer, 19. “Taokaka”

Yi-YingYu, 23. “Erza Scarlet”

Soo Lee 30, Y.J. Chae, 30. “Original costumes”

Jenna, 25. “Tira”

Robert, 46. “Wonder Woman”

(L-R) Emily 14 , Stephanie 18, Emily, 18. - “Homestuck characters – Gamzee Makara, Tavros and Nepta”

MacDaniel, 38. “Mr. T”

Danny Brown

Kendrik Lamar

Weekend

Future

Tanlines

Wavves

Purity Ring

A$AP Rocky

Polica

Kendrick Lamar

Danny Brown

Last year while covering ATP NY I had the opportunity to shoot Iggy Pop in his hotel room.  Like most of my portraits I’m not sure if they will happen. If they do I have  only  a few minutes with my subject. Iggy had just headlined that evening and was resting before leaving for another gig.  Needless to say he had just given everything he had onstage so I wasn’t sure he would be up for it.  But the manager brought me in and said to make it quick. Apparently  Iggy doesn’t eat before a show so when I was brought in he was devouring a stack of ribs. He just said “Do your thing man, I’m going to eat this if thats cool.”  I thought it was perfect. Iggy had fun with it too. So after maybe 8-10 frames I said thanks, shook his hand and was out.  I included a gallery of the live show at the bottom of the post.

Here are a few shots from frontstage, sidestage and backstage at Lollapalooza 2011 in Chicago, IL.  My favorite set of the weekend was by far Crystal Castles. Alice Glass always gives you something fun to shoot. The rest of the fest was ok but nothing really stood out for me. That said I always love seeing Lykke Li , Ellie Goulding and The Black Lips. This year I tried to do more portraits.  I’m pretty happy with what I got considering I had nothing set up in advance.  Take a look. Full gallery at the end of the post.

I spent the day at a “secret” lake with some friends last week. Technically, it may have been a pond.  Either way it had been along time since I’d done anything like that. Probably since I lived in Texas. Additional photos taken by Julia Wertz.

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Pitchfork 2011: 3 days of heat and music.  Besides the obvious center point of the fest, which was Odd Future,  my favorite performance was by Health. Full gallery at the end of the post.

Erykah Badu

This year at SXSW I concentrated on doing portraits.  I still shot a decent amount of live music but I didn’t want to run around all week. Maybe I’m getting old.  I stayed at Fader Fort by Fiat for most of time. They consistently put on a great show during SXSW. Full gallery is at the bottom of the post.

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