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Monday, May 14, 2007

Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival - April 27-29th 2007

Spent 4 days in Palm Springs for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. And it was AWESOME! The sun was blazing hot and just insane (whaddya expect for the desert?). There were tons of my favorite bands and musicians playing. The lineup included Bjork, Interpol, DJ Shadow, Stephen Marley, Satellite Party, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Girl Talk, Cut Chemist, The Teddybears and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!! I'm glad that I didn't have to come down here to shoot the bands and work. Got to meet and hangout with lotsa people and musicians. All said and done, it was definitely a weekend that's gonna be sitting in my memory for a long time.

Coachella Line Up

COACHELLA OR BUST!!!!

Coachella Day One

Satellite Party
(Perry Ferrell and Nuno Bettencourt)

Beautiful Sunsets in the Desert

Girl Talk
(One of the most amazing party-like concerts)

Cut Chemist and Sophia

Bailey

These are some of the images shot by a fellow photographer / friend, Jen Munkvold, of my new puppy girl, Bailey. She's a Chihuahua / Italian Greyhound Mix.

Thanks Jen!

Bailey and Kahlua (Jen's Dog)

Thursday, May 3, 2007

FourTwentyFour Concert - The Knitting Factory, Hollywood

Got a request from my buddies MERCENARIES, ONESIDEZERO and RED SNOW to shoot a concert going down at The Knitting Factory in Hollywood. It was a huge concert in recognition of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. The guys invited me on their stage and gave me an all-access pass to shoot from anywhere. That was alot of fun! Things got a little crazy. Other bands that were featured were Vokee, Medagh, Full Force Rising and Hypnogaja. Attached is a small sample of the images taken. Images should be available thru the bands respective websites. Check em out.

MERCENARIES

Sako

ONESIDEZERO

Jason Radford's killer vocals

RED SNOW

Lina Mantashian rockin' out, barely hours off a plane from Denmark

Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Sophia Biggs aka Sophenomenal goes to Hollywood

Did a casual photoshoot with my good friend, Sophia Jade Biggs aka DJ/MC Sophenomenal. With an Indian / Irish lineage, she's an exotic beauty with the most amazing green eyes. The weather was perfect (like every other day in Sunny California) and it turned out to be a fun day shooting on the Hollywood Boulevard. She's talented on the turntables and kicks ass it on the mic. She's got a show coming up real soon. Show her some love. Check her out.

Portrait shot in Laurel Canyon, overlooking the entire City

Sunset Boulevard, minutes after a chance encouter with
Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine

Taking over Hollywood

Sophia and Andy Milonakis

Upcoming Show

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Alex aka Shop Freak from West Coast Customs

Got the opportunity to work and shoot with Alex from the West Coast Customs crew. Check out the pimp '59 Caddillac that he brought out.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

DUB Magazine - Metal Mulisha

This was seriously one of the most fun assignments I've had. I shot the Metal Mulisha, a collective of some of the best Freestyle Motorcross riders in the X-Games. The "General" of the Metal Mulisha is Brian Deegan. You might know him as the first rider that ever landed a full 360 in competition. The guys pulled out some of their best rides and we had a blast shooting the team.

After the shoot, the guys pulled their bikes out and put on a private show for us. Images are attached below. Seeing the team pull off all their tricks effortlessly was amazing. Getting to shoot the tricks 10 feet from them, was even MORE amazing. This day was absolutely insane.

Images were all shot in Southern California at Brian Deegan's house and private track.

Producer: Stephen Dummit
Assistants: Bryan Sullivan, Dustin Steward

BRIAN DEEGAN