The Like Newcastle Cluny 2 September 2009-.jpg, originally uploaded by david.wala.
I am back from my trip to USA and will be updating my blog soon. In the meantime I have added some images to my Flickr site. The links to the sets on Flickr are:
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 2010
I am still recovering from the three night stint of New York Dolls at The Cluny here in Newcastle. It has been like the holiday season to be photographing a band I admire and have followed for all of my adult life and before – which is a long time.
I was lucky enough to see Johnny Thunders play at Newcastle Riverside – back then never in my wildest dreams could I have envisaged seeing the New York Dolls playing at a pub under Byker Bridge – I feel now anything is possible.
In 2004 I saw their first reunion at Royal Festival Hall at the time I thought it was going to be their two gigs at that venue then they would go back to doing their solo work – since they have delivered two strong relevant albums songs from which they play in their live set- they are not just are not just relying on past glories. It was good to hear some new songs at the gigs from their new album which they are recording here in Newcastle.
You can see my photographs from their Royal Festival Hall gig on my Flickr page
Anyhow I must admit I felt more pressure than normal shooting these gigs as I really wanted to do the band justice at such keynote gigs for our area.
The images are in my Live Music Gallery the links are:
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 4 September 2010
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 5 September 2010
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 6 September 2010
Taken With L-U-V
Hope you like them
David
My Tribute To David Johansen And Sylvain Sylvain Mizrahi Of New York Dolls
I have made a slide show as a tribute to the long-term friendship of David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain . The bond between them seems so strong and was so refreshing to see them and the band relaxed and having such a good time during their three night stint at The Cluny in my hometown of Newcastle. I will be adding more photographs from the gigs to my gallery soon
Instax For The People Project 100 People Served And Counting
A big thank you to everybody that has so far supported my instant photography project.
This weekend as well as photographing the New York Dolls at The Cluny I was also at the Transmission New Wave event in the splendour of the Grand Room of the Discovery Museum. I will be adding photographs from the event soon to my Flickr site.
This gave me the opportunity to photograph some more musicians for my Instax For The people project. I am so happy that people seem enthusiastic to participate in this project – I still marvel at the way the image appears on the paper it is a little bit of magic :-).
Please see my Instax For The People Gallery
Tom Robinson has a done so much to encourage local music talent ,and he was on the panel at the event. I told him about my project and he was happy that he agreed to pose for this project
Here’s to serving at least another 100 people and an exhibition in early. 2011.
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 5 September 2010-2616.jpg
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 5 September 2010-2616.jpg, originally uploaded by david.wala.
I have added some photographs of New York Dolls to my Flickr site. I will be adding some on this site soon.
In the meantime the links to the sets are:
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 4 September 2010
New York Dolls Newcastle Cluny 5 September 2010
L-U-V
David
Rebellion Festival Blackpool 7 August 2010
Big D And The Kids Table Rebellion Festival Blackpool 7 August 2010-8165.jpg, originally uploaded by david.wala.
I have put all my photographs from Rebellion Festival into one collection on Flickr. The link is:
Rebellion Festival 2010 collection on Flickr
I hope you like them.
Rebellion Festival, NSE Weekender, Portraits, and Published Work
It was so good to be able to photograph at Rebellion Festival. It was an intense day I worked none stop from 1pm until the New York Dolls wrapped up the day at 2 o’clock on Sunday morning – it was intense but so much fun I wouldn’t have it any other way.
It was all things punk including sticks of Blackpool punk rock – I hope to be there next year.
I have put some of the photographs of New York Dolls, Penetration, and UK Subs in their appropriate gallery. I will be uploading images of other bands soon.
The following night I was photographing the National Society For Epilepsy event at Newcastle Cluny. I shot the previous event back in April – it is a fantastic showcase for the leading North East bands but more importantly it is a worthwhile cause. The Sunday night was headlined by Ever Since The lake Caught Fire who delivered a short sharp set and left the crowd wanting more. The images are in the National Society For Epilepsy gallery
Ever Since The lake Caught Fire National Society For Epilepsy Weekender Newcastle Cluny 8 August
I done a photo shoot with Union Choir for Narc magazine which proved to be fun. It was outdoors on a typical rainy summer’s evening in South Shields. The first location had to be abandoned because of too many chavs hanging around the bandstand. We then ended up in another nearby park.
The band were really co-operative and it was easy to work with them they seemed on the whole to be relaxed in front of the camera – I was expecting five members but there was actually eight. Overall I am pleased with the shots and have put some of them in the Portrait Gallery. Check out the band at the Union Choir Myspace.
I have also updated my published work section including recent shots of Carl Barat, Adam, Green, and Jesse Malin. I am also pleased that The Doors Alive are using my photographs from Newcastle Academy from back in January to promote their forthcoming tour. I also please to see my Evolution images used by Culture Deluxe magazine
My photographs from Evolution Festival published by Culture Deluxe Magazine
My Instax For The people has gone quiet this month I have added a few images to the gallery but I need more people so if you see me with my Instax camera you know I could be looking for you to participate in my project.
Little Episodes Carl Barat 100 Club and Steve Conte Band in Wolverhampton
This is a brief update on my recent events.
On 22 July I photographed the Little Episodes night at the legendary 100 Club on Oxford Street in London. Little Episodes help raise awareness through the arts for those suffering through addiction and depression , please visit http://www.littleepisodes.org/ for more information. It was a pleasure to photograph this gig it was a friendly vibe – of course it was also an opportunity to see some great bands including the Harrison Brothers, Kieran Leonard, and of course Carl Barat. I have put some of the images from the event in my gallery. There are also more images from this event on my Flickr site.
I was also excited last week to photograph Steve Conte playing solo at Robin 2 in Bilston ( near Wolverhampton). I have been lucky enough to have seen him play many times with New York Dolls in his day job – it was my first chance to photograph one of his solo gigs.
He did not disappoint he played a set oozing with rock n roll attitude – well worth the 600 mile round trip.
On the night Steve and his band were happy to pose for my Instamatic For The People instant photography project which fills me with hope that my ongoing project is heading in the right direction. Check out the I mages in the Instamatic For The People gallery. At the time of writing Steve is using his image as his Facebook profile picture.
I also sent Steve images from the gig and I am delighted that he liked them and that he wanted to use them for promotional material.
You can see them here on his Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/album.php?aid=472201&id=342874415037&ref=mf
You can see some images from the gig in my gallery or on my Flickr site.
I expect the next time I will see Steve is when he will be playing with New York Dolls at The Cluny in Newcastle on 4 September.
Published Work
I have recently updated my Published Work gallery. I was happy to see some of my photographs usd by recently reformed Newcastle punk rock legends Automatic NE1 check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/automaticne1
It is also good to see my images in Narc magazine and Glorious Noise check my published work section to see details of my Jesse Malin, Evan Dando, Harlem, and Extra Life published images.
http://www.gloriousnoise.com/features/2010/jesse_malin_live_in_newcastle.php
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