Blaenavon make some noiiiiiise!
Last night was my final official photo shoot for the Blaenavon project commissioned by Ffotogallery. A series of portraits of young musicians at a gig in The Workman’s Hall. With a tiny studio space set up in a small secluded corner to the left of the stage I made a portrait of each performer straight off the stage in the spirit of the James Ward painting ‘A Young Man’ 1815.
Above are a selection of the 22 portraits.
This was the Salvador Promotions launch gig. A group of savvy Blaenavon teenagers who’ve set up their own music promo company securing £2500 from The Princes Trust.
Bands included:
Headliners ‘The Guns’ with support from The Calling Card, INC, and The Loren Balaam Band.
Thanks to Salvador Promotions for the re-tweets. To Melissa & Adrian for assisting set up & gathering model release forms. Thanks also to Paul for driving me to The Workmans Hall in monsoon like conditions and to the staff at Workmans Hall for letting me do a quick location scout on Friday afternoon. Biggest thanks to the bands for taking time to participate straight after the gigs. Some good souls in this community!
