‘Ain’t No Easy Way Out’

As 2008 draws to an end I’m wondering what 2009 holds. For me it’s been a year of musical highs and lows, for most of us it’s been the year that revealed the shallow and short-term nature of politics;

For those of you not familiar with The Dears, they hark from Montreal

The Hours: 1 December 2008, Ruby Lounge Manchester

There’s a new kid on the block.

Hanoi Rocks are a Finnish band formed in 1979, “The rock band that changed the course of rock.

The Most Remarkable New Guitar In 50 Years.

In preparing for my day at V, I clicked onto the BBC Weather forecast to find a little round symbol depicting a day of rain and eventually sunshine. Now being an optimistic soul (you have to be as a photographer) I plumped for boots rather than wellies and lighter clothing rather than snow gear. As [...]

Here’s a flavour of the V Festival 19 & 20 August 2006.

My associates at Burn magazine covered the metallic Download 2006 leaving me to cocoon myself in the pop-rock of this year’s V Festival. Now between you and me I welcomed the opportunity, and primarily because Radiohead is the only great band I have not photographed [...]

The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed, The Book Of The Tour! limited to 2600 copies, each signed and numbered by author/photographer Ethan Russell.
In 1968 Ethan Russell was a young American with a Nikon camera living in London and hoping to become a writer. His hobby was photography. A few years later he was one of [...]

Is there a story to be told in the tracks that you’ve picked a definitive timeline?

Sitting on my desktop at the moment are photographs from two amazing events which happened within days of each other. And this was one of them. The Irish independent feature film ONCE has won universal acclaim and is about to be released in the UK. Directed by John Carney and starring Frames frontman Glen Hansard [...]