“London calling to the faraway towns
Now that war is declared-and battle come down
London calling to the underworld
Come out of the cupboard, all you boys and girls
London calling, now don’t look at us
All that phoney Beatlemania has bitten the dust
London calling, see we ain’t got no swing
‘Cept for the ring of that truncheon thing”
The Clash, 1979 (Strummer/Jones)
London is a fascinating city. Most people end up either loving it or hating it. I simply love it. Spending five years in the city was a great experience. Three years spent studying at Saint Martin’s, two years working. The majority of photography work I did at that time was mostly editorial, with emphasis on London’s music scene. Sverre Ole Drønen, aka droneland, a brilliant music journalist and fellow Norwegian, teamed up and we produced editorial content for Norwegian magazines and newspapers.
Concert photography still have the same rules, images for the first three songs, no flash. That’s it. For the interviews, keep gear to a minimum as we never knew exactly how much time we would get. An assigned 30 minutes slot could easily be reduced to 5 minutes if they where behind schedule.
All images in this post have been photographed with analogue film and scanned on a film scanner. The films where pushed to the limits, (Push processing) to be able to photograph in low light without the use of flash.
Bill Wyman photographed at his restaurant in London.
Henry Rollins, photographed at his hotel room in Long Acre, London.
Tricky at concert in London.
Supergrass, interviewed in London.
Leftfield interviewed in London.
Erasure interviewed at their house in London.
Erasure interviewed at their house in London.
Runaways, photographed after they left their seats.
Motorhead in London.
Lemmy from Motorhead.
High Llamas interviewed in London.
Dr. John interviewed in London.
Ben Christophers arriving to the interview in London.
Kasey Chambers in London.
Ninja Tune interviewed in London.
Sheik Loch interviewed in London.
Kristin Hersh photographed at the backroom of Borders, Oxford Street, after a live performance.
Mr Al.
Melt Banana live in London.
Max Tundra photographed inside his car after the interview in London.
Jill Scott interviewed in London.
Jackie Leven photographed at the airport, only opportunity available.
North Mississippi Allstars before concert in London.
Jazz Cafe live in London.
KOngebilder MAds 🙂
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