Splat Art Magazine May/June 2011

were around. The project started when we had to have a series of works for our final project. The whole quarter would be based on this series. Music seemed the only thing natural to me, so I went for it, and the dream opened up when my friend, who was a dj, jumped at the chance to have a photographer at the raves and clubs, started getting me in with all access passes to the electronic shows. Unfortunately I was not as serious about my photography during this early period of my art career, and many of the shows and festivals that I went to during this time I attended without a camera in my hand. However that changed as my love of visual art grew, and my love for the camera grew, and back to work I went.

This body of work is what I consider the “best of� of my live music collection. There is a lot of work here only because I have a huge collection of work in this environment. Some of the work dates back to my original 35mm film series that was started by Deborah Orloff. Some of them are shot with an old Kodak brownie hawkeye, and others with my digital 35mm. I was fortunate enough to get shots of my local musical heroes last month from The Village Idiot for the annual Acoustics For Autism benefit in Maumee, Ohio; Bobby May, John Barile, and Pat Lewandowski. I owe a lot to Bobby May and John Barile for helping me with my music playing and giving me chances to play live, either with them, or on their breaks. So I felt like a chapter had closed when I was able to capture them with my camera doing what they do best....making live music.

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