Pat Graham Photography

The Cribs in Half Frame

pat — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:50:26 +0000

I love the Penft and Film

Past Perfect Polaroid Archive

pat — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:27:45 +0000

I’m very happy to announce the online archive of Past Perfect.
Everyday at least one more polaroid will be posted. We have thousands to choose from, so this will go on for a while.

Special thanks to Owen Richards for bringing the archive online

Punk Baby

pat — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:05:07 +0000

It only took a year since birth.

Honor as Kate Nash

pat — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:32:36 +0000

To prepare for my up coming shoot with Kate Nash, Honor was kind enough to stand in on a couple practice shots.

Last Night in Paris

pat — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:09:03 +0000

Lights, Camera, and the new England Away Kit reveal.
Last night I photographed Kasabian in Paris. A full day of behind the scenes up ontil the big moment.
Tom revealing the new England away shirt. I covered front of stage and the venue while photographer Carter Smith shot from the stage to capture the press/ad shot.
Special thanks to Anomaly Umbro and Ear to the Ground
More pictures soon.

After this shot I raced down to the stage via a slow elevator..a bit stressful. I made it though.

The inside of an orange

pat — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:26:42 +0000

Lets Wrestle V Motorhead

pat — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:51:56 +0000

I shot Lets Wrestle in my hood the other day. Press shoots are getting more and more challenging these days. So many bands, so many brick walls.

We started the shoot at over at Wes’s house. The band told me they wanted a Xmas theme as the record would be out in march. This makes a lot of sense. Mike slipped into some Metallica style lightning bolt nickers and the shoot began…As we worked someone brought up Motorhead and the rock shoot. Which I guess happened in London not in a desert.

This brings us to Finsbury Park and the Rocks. The guys got dressed and we headed over.
Here is one of my favs from the rocks. Inspired by the Ace of Spades. Lets Wrestle know how to work with the camera. A photographers dream. A great sounding band that can strike a pose.

Juxtapoz photo book

pat — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:06:15 +0000

I’m honored to be one of the photographers featured in the new Juxtapoz Photo book. I have short essay and an eight page spread.

Showcasing artists who contribute to the monthly publication alongside those who exemplify contemporary photography at its finest…..

Huw’s birth

pat — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:36:15 +0000

My Favorite picture of the last decade.
Huw’s birth - London UK
September 15, 2008

Silent Pictures stories - Bikini Kill

pat — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:44:32 +0000

I was living in Waukesha WI and my friends out in DC kept saying just move out here…

In Jan 1992 my friend Mike from Arlington drove out to Wisconsin and picked me up..Next stop my new home Arlington/DC. I got a room at Positive Force house. I was to sublet Mark Anderson’s room while he was away working on his book about DC.
Positive Force was one of many punk houses in the DC area. There was tons of great people around doing great things. Riot Grrrl was now in full swing with its meeting spot being our house. While they met all the guys in the house would leave..
The girls in Riot Grrrl were a lot of my friends and I was into what they were doing at the time. I think this was the second time i saw Bikini Kill. It was a Rock for choice benefit that was going on along side the Pro Choice march on DC. Our house was filled with guests and it was a very exciting weekend. Two Fugazi shows, one night with Bikini Kill the next night with Scrawl and L7.
both nights I got to the shows early and waited up front in my fav photo taking spot. The night Bikini Kill played they started the set by saying all girls up front. Luckily a lot of the girls were my friends and didn’t mind me being up front taking pictures. I always made a point to stay out of the way. The Bikini Kill set was amazing, tons of energy and emotion.The set ended with guitars flying in the air. I felt nervous about the pictures as I was really hoping I got the shot that summed up Bikini Kill and the night. This was pre digital times so I had to go home and dev the film in the kitchen. Later I gave a set of prints to Kathleen Hannah. A few weeks past and I saw Bikini Kill again at a warehouse in DC. that night Kathleen told me the shot would be on the first ep.” We just used the whole print right on the cover. “she said.
I was thrilled.

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