david wala

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

The Doors Alive advertisement NME 14 August 2010

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.

Killing Floor, Kele, Adam Green, Instamatic For The People, RPM, And Other News

It has been a busy time for me lately.

It gives me a real buzz when bands use my images – the Killing Floor are using my images here:

Killing Floor Myspace

Killing Floor Facebook

I am looking forward to when they return to the UK later in the year.

On 4 July a local independent record store R.P.M. celebrated Independence Day by putting on a gig in the square outside their record shop. It sis so good to support local stores so we all can have more choice not just one or two large chains that just stock whatever is popular. Some of my photographs from the gig are in the gallery . Check out R.P. M. here:
http://www.myspace.com/rpmrecordshop

This also gave me the opportunity to photograph some more musicians for my Instamatic For The People project including members of Maybe Myrtle Tyrtle, and Cult Image. The images can be found in the gallery: Instamatic For The People
On 8 July I shot the gig by Kele at Newcastle Digital I only had first three songs from the crowd to shoot the gig and shot it with my 50mm prime lens. It made it more challenging as it was difficult to move around the audience and obviously could not zoom in or out to change the composition. Some of the images are in the gallery

This week on Monday ( 12 July 2010) I shot the Adam Green his gig at Sheffield Academy. It was my first visit to this venue – it was a good vibe there in the Academy 2. Unfortunately there was no photo pit so I shot the gig from the crowd and from the side of the stage. It is always a pleasure to shoot any of Adam’s gigs he is always entertaining and most importantly he has some outstanding tunes. I also bought his instrumental soundtrack album Musik For A Play – I need to have my turntable repaired so I can hear it. Some pictures from the gig are in my Adam Green Gallery.

Last week I had some of my work published by Glorious Noise:

Evan Dando at Newcastle Cluny here:

Evan Dando Newcastle Cluny

Peter Doherty Barnsley here:

Peter Doherty Barnsley

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