As an artist it is always exciting when you are given the opportunity to showcase you are in a public format. Kris Krug from Static Photography was given this opportunity last week when he was asked to be part of a live concert photography art show titled Front Row at the Fifth Gallery in Austin, TX. The beautiful thing about Austin is that every year Kris attends the SXSW festival that happens there every spring. The tail end of the festival is filled with four days of nonstop live performances in venues all over the city of Austin. A large chunk of Kris' live concert photography is shot at the SXSW music festival every year.
Front Row was named as after the holy grail at live concerts: the front row. The front row is where you can be seen by the artist and you can see the entirety of the live show without the presence of the thousands of fans directly behind you. This art show was curated with photographers who shoot live concert photography. These images have captured the essence of seeing a musician, performer or singer/mc live and in person. The energy of the show, the stage set-up and the lighting effects all can create a perfect atmosphere where amazing photographs are born.
The Fifth Gallery is an artist collaboration who main goal is promote urban arts in the downtown Austin, TX. Their artists in resident come from a variety of disciplines including silkscreening, graffiti, graphic design, custom embroidery and apparel design. Their artists in residence include Lucas Negrete of Thic Threads, Marc Zuazua of Mofoz Visualz and John Gomi .
The Front Row art show will showcase a variety of photographers with international live music photos. The curated lineup will include OG from Luxury Mindz , Marc Zuazua , John Gomi , Erica Rodriguez , Moriah Powers and John Pesina . The art show will be hung this week with the opening night this Saturday September 19th in Austin. The show will run until October 15th. If you are in Austin during that time you should definitely go check out the show and support your love of photography and live music!
Big thanks to the Gabe, Glen and Angelina at Specialty Color Services for helping us print out the artwork for this show in Austin! They helped us pull it together just in the nick of time!
The Fifth Gallery is located at 305 B East 5th and is open by appointment.
More links:
The Fifth Gallery on Myspace
Kris Krug's Music Photo Collection on Flickr
Kris Krug's photos for the Front Row art show
Thnaks for the very nice
Thnaks for the very nice post, and best regards from Germany.
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Thnaks for the very nice
Thnaks for the very nice post, and best regards from Germany.
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I will visit The Fifth
I will visit The Fifth Gallery on Myspace as soon as possible. Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Photography 'n' roll a large
Photography 'n' roll a large rock that is frozen for all time. However, they rarely get the screen shots as they deserve. A corrective reinforcements will arrive on October 29, when the Brooklyn Museum opens its show "Who 'n' Roll shot," one of the largest, most serious - a photograph of rock ever presented - and also more fun.
I think Austin is the right
I think Austin is the right place to visit during that period when a large chunk of Kris' live concert photography is shot at the SXSW music festival every year. Nice post.
wow, nice photos. the site
wow, nice photos. the site has wonderful colours. saludos
Nice article an pretty cool
Nice article an pretty cool pictures. I like you site!
Very interesting article an
Very interesting article an nice photography. Thanks for sharing.
best Regards Dominik
That is funny, that is
That is funny, that is great. Very nice Piucture!
Thanks for this nice
Thanks for this nice Post.
best regards from North Germany
Very nice post, best regards
Very nice post, best regards Maike
Thanks, your website is very
Thanks, your website is very helpful
Wow, these photos are
Wow, these photos are amazing! I know how hard it is to get such good shots at a concert, because it's very hard to capture the essence of a musician and the heart of such an event. Live music and photography are just the best! :)
So rad KK, very pleased to
So rad KK, very pleased to see your skills getting noticed by peers - can't wait to see the shots you get next year. Cool to see they picked some of the same pics as our Rock n Roll photo panel at NV09 too. Flava!
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