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[Pictured center: Creeper; photos by: Bryce Hall, Jay Wennington, Whitney Newell, Benjamin Robson, Ryan Watanabe, Jawn Rocha] Think about the posters taped or tacked onto your wall and the stunning live shots inserted into every issue of AP. While there’s amazing talent being captured centerstage, there’s also a talented artist on the other side of the […]

[Photo by: Anton Corbijn] At KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas on Sunday, the Killers vocalist Brandon Flowers made an indirect—yet totally direct—reference to  Queens Of The Stone Age's Josh Homme kicking a female photographer in the face during their concert. Flowers told the band’s own touring photographer: “I just wanna tell you to tell all your friends that you're welcome here. And […]

Queens Of The Stone Age frontman Josh Homme kicked a female photographer in the face during the band's performance at KROQ Acoustic Christmas yesterday. Read more: Josh Homme says AC/DC’s Malcolm Young inspired Queens Of The Stone Age The victim was Shutterstock photographer Chelsea Lauren. She told Variety that the “incident was unprovoked” and that […]

[Photo by: julia_gorton_nowave/Instagram] Julia Gorton was able to do what most photographers today would only dream of—capture some of the most iconic moments in NYC's punk history.  In an interview with Garage, she talks more about how she was able to capture photos of some of music's biggest icons, including Patti Smith, Debbie Harry and David […]

[Photo by: Brianna Stacy]  Taking on a full-time load at school while chasing your dream can seem impossible. Countless rejections, deciding your major (maybe changing it multiple times), keeping up with your school and show schedules: It can all be overwhelming. To make it as a concert photographer, you have to make connections, do your […]

I got into music photography by chance. [Photo by: Alyson Coletta] I was a student at a music college, I had a starter DSLR, and as a result, all of my classmates needed photos for gigs, promos and live videos. I didn’t take an intro course in photography or the business of it. Most music photographers […]

[Photos by Pamela Littky]  Pamela Littky has photographed everyone from Oprah Winfrey and Anna Kendrick to Green Day and Paramore. However, when she was starting her career, some of her first shots were with up-and-coming emo-rock outfit Fall Out Boy. We sat down to talk the mystical setup for Infinity On High. You can check […]

[Photo by Adam Elmakias, provided by Casey McPerry] Casey McPerry has a dream job. When we caught up with him, he was fresh off a trip to Mexico, where a hotel brought him out to Instagram his stay at their opening… Yeah. How does one get paid to Instagram? We were immediately determined to find […]

[Photos provided by Ashley Osborn] Ashley Osborn has only been shooting for a few years, but she’s established herself as a staple of our scene. Name a band and there’s a pretty good chance she has taken photos of them. A three year Warped Tour vetrand, her subjects include everyone from Pierce The Veil to […]

You may think you’re an excellent with your iPhone and your selfie stick or expertly arranged photo-op that’s so perfectly set up it doesn’t look set up at all. You may even have apps that put Instagram’s filters to shame. What you might not have is direct access to your favorite artists—like some of the […]