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Live Music Photos – 2011

Posted on December 31, 2011

So, that's it for 2011 - I had dozens of photos published in Australia, The UK and US, had photos on album covers, book jackets and DVDs, (The Gin Club, Public Enemy, Robert Forster, Powderfinger and more) sold a heap of prints, licensed photos to a TV production, a film and a few ads, and was featured on an ABC TV show. I shot 168 bands at 96 shows, at 19 venues plus one library and one zoo, and shot portraits for a bunch of bands.

The Flaming Lips at Harvest

Here's a few of my faves from the year, thanks to all the bands, fans, editors, venues, promoters, labels, managers and PR types who've helped out, rock on, and so on : )

Screamfeeder at Woodland

Violent Soho - Float On

Iggy - BDO

Mogwai - Splendour

Mos Def

The Bronx - Soundwave

The Holdsteady - The Zoo

Public Enemy

Kurt Vile

You Am I

Justin Townes Earle

Katy Perry

No Anchor

Slash

Black Mountain

Regurgitator

Perry Farrell - Jane's Addiction

Jarvis Cocker - Pulp

Future of the Left

The Drones

More photos in the gallery below, click the small pics for BIG versions.

All Photos Copyright 2011 Stephen Booth. All Rights Reserved.
For any print or usage enquiries please contact me here.

Flood Bank – 3rd Feb 2011

Posted on February 6, 2011

Flood Bank a Brisbane music benefit concert for 2011 Queensland flood victims was held at The Old Museum, last Thursday night the 3rd of Feb. Great show, and a great turnout, with 100% of the proceeds going to the Premier’s Flood Relief Appeal .

Violent Soho, Evil Eddie, Ball Park Music, Inland Sea, The Medics, Bang Bang Boss Kelly, The Baby Seal Club, Blonde On Blonde, Grand Atlantic, and Texas Tea all played, and myself and several other Brisbane music photographers donated some rock and roll photos to sell at the event as well. Here's a few of my photos from the night.

There's another Brisbane music fundraiser happening tonight too, Float On Kicks off this afternoon, with Custard, Regurgitator, Screamfeeder, Kate Miller-Heidke, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Gentle Ben & His Sensitive Side and Little Scout all playing, get there!

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But these go to eleven…

Posted on December 31, 2010

Some favourites from 2010.

Violent Soho - The Zoo 24JUL10 Photo©2010 Stephen Booth. All Rights Reserved.

Violent Soho at The Zoo

It's been an eventful year, the lead up to my exhibition was pretty crazy, going through 15 years work was quite an experience, and the exhibition itself was a significant landmark to me, it was a very strange feeling walking into the Powerhouse on opening night and seeing the entire building full of my photos. Apologies to anyone who saw my 'speech' I still have no idea what I said.. Thanks so much to everyone who came and saw the show!

Rock and Roll - The Poster - Design by Aaron Sammut.

Rock and Roll at The Brisbane Powerhouse.

After the show I had every intention of adopting a less is more attitude to shooting, to be a bit more selective, and not let myself get quite as snowed under with hundreds, if not thousands of images to deal with every week. It worked, a bit, though somehow my plan of 2010 being a quieter year still ended up with me shooting 181 bands at 66 shows and 5 festivals at about 20 different venues. Sigh..

Alison Mosshart - The Dead Weather - 23rd March 2010 - The Tivoli Brisbane Australia. Photo©2010 Stephen Booth. All Rights Reserved.

Jeff Tweedy - Wilco - 30APR10 - Photo©2010 Stephen Booth. All Rights Reserved.

The Dead Weather ........................................Wilco

In 2010 my work was published in Timeoff, Jmag, Rolling Stone, The Courier Mail, The Australian and Yen Magazine to name a few, The State Library of Queensland now has 8 of my photos in it's permanent collection, as do the 30+ awesome individuals who bought prints from my exhibition so far. I licensed photos to one feature film and one TV series, and shot promotional photos for Texas Tea and Halfway, with my Gin Club, Seja, We All Want To, An Horse and Robert Forster photos getting a decent run through the year too.

This set of 25 photos were hard to chose, I picked an arbitrary number, and just went with the ones taken in 2010 that I though were successful as photos, most were published somewhere, though a few are personal favourites that never made it to print.

If you're interested in publishing any, or buying prints just email me here? Thanks!

Thanks also of course to all the bands, editors, punters, promoters,venues, publicists, managers and publications that make this weird and wonderful job possible, a fab 2011 to you all. Rock on, and so on.

Violent Soho – 24th July 2010 – The Zoo

Posted on July 26, 2010

Violent Soho played their first hometown gig since returning from a 100 or so shows around the US over the last year. Supports were The Seizures, Butcher Birds and Scul Hazzards. It was a sensational concert, energetic, loud and super fun to shoot as always, the band sounded huge.

Check them out here myspace.com/violentsoho

Violent Soho play Splendour in the Grass next Friday at 1 pm, and then head off for another bunch of US shows through August and September. Go see them if you can!

More photos from the show in the gallery below, click through to see bigger versions.

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