Live Concert Photography

I started out my career photographing live music events. It is still a thrill when I get home and edit images and find a great one!!!

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Tina Turner and Mick Jagger

1984
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The culmination of a 15 hour  multi act event called Live Aid. 74 acts in one day. Not sure if I actually remember photographing this, but it worked!!

Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads

1981
Rosemont, Illinois

This image became my most well known image, due to the fact that Randy died in a plane crash a month later, Many people have told me that they think that this is the most famous "Heavy Metal" photograph ever taken.

Eddie Van Halen

1984
Rockford, Illinois

The trick is to always get the subject at the top of their jump.

Prince

1984
Minneapolis, Minnesota

This image was taken at Princes birthday party the week o=f the release of Purple Rain. I photographed him many times but this is the first time that he ever posed for me.

Lionel Richie and June Pointer

1983
Rosemont, Illinois

A magic moment at the end of Lionel;s set

David Bowie

1983
Rosemont, Illinois

A reason why it always pays to stay till the end of the show!!

Madonna

1985
Chicago Illinois

A relatively unknown Madonna at her first headline show in Chicago.

Neil Young

1990
Indianapolis, Indiana

Neil Young performs at a Farm Aid concert in 1990

Peter Paul and Mary

1978
Chicago, Illinois

One of the most difficult things to do is to get three people on stage looking good with no microphones covering their faces.

Atlas Genius

2013
Chicago, Illinois

First rule of concert photography: When someone climbs up on ssomething, he will soon jump! The trick is to catch him at the top of his jump.

Count Basie

1978
Chicago, Illinois

One of the best things aboiut  working for the production is being able to walk anywhere during soundcheck!

Bruce Springsteen

1984
East Troy, Wisconsin

This image was taken during the first week of Bruce's Born In The USA Tour. A year later, it was my first Newsweek cover.

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