Music Portrait Photographer
Alice Cooper for Lufthansa Magazin
The October edition of Lufthansa Magazin features a shoot I did in June with Alice Cooper. The magazine is Lufthansa Airlines’ in-flight publication and features my work on the cover and a 12 page spread inside. It will be on all Lufthansa flights in Germany and the article coincides with Alice’s European tour this fall.
The concept for the story was to have Alice take us to all of his favorite places in Phoenix and show Arizona as a travel destination for European readers. The locations included The Arizona Biltmore, Cafe ZuZu, Old Town Scottsdale, Chase Field and of course Alice’s restaurant Cooper’stown.
More than meets the eye…
We started off at The Arizona Biltmore where Alice plays a round of golf almost daily. He was just finishing an early morning round of golf when we set off on our adventure. Next we went to Cafe ZuZu at the Hotel Valley Ho for a cup of coffee and a scone. We stopped at one of Alice’s favorite stores at Arizona Fashion Square that is one of the few places in the valley that sells European style jeans according to Alice. We then hit a couple stores in Old Town Scottsdale where they sell authentic Indian Jewelry. Alice’s mother used to own a jewelry store in downtown Scottsdale and he definitely knows how to find the authentic stuff from the imitations.
From Scottsdale we headed to downtown Phoenix and had lunch with Alice at his restaurant Cooper’stown. After lunch we walked down to Chase Field to get a few photos of Alice at the stadium. Unfortunately, we hadn’t arranged to get inside the stadium to take any photos. However, the Diamondbacks media people were very accommodating on such short notice. It was just hours before the Diamondbacks game and oddly enough we walked right in and were escorted down to the dugout and walked onto the field just before batting practice began. It would have taken days of phone calls to coordinate such efforts. So I found it very nice to have to be able to have a celebrity and local business owner allow us that type of access.
We ended up shooting a few portraits back at Cooper’stown to finish up a crazy day of following Alice around town. It’s nice to see the work in print and available to a large audience. Unfortunately I don’t have any trips to Germany planned during October so I won’t be able to see the article in person. I guess it’s just as well since the article is in German I wouldn’t be able to read it anyway.
Just a Photo…
I have been posting too many tearsheets lately, I need to show some photos not in the context of a layout. Back to basics, I need to put work out there just to show it. This is a new thing I am doing called Just a Photo. No explanation, just visuals…
David George promotional photos
I recently photographed a musician friend of mine, David George, while he was on tour in Phoenix. I have known David for years. We met back in Kansas City in the mid-late 90′s. I photographed two album covers for his band Moaning Lisa in 2000 and 2003 and numerous promo photos over the years.
He’s been living in Los Angeles since 2004 and I don’t see as much of him these days. He is currently recording a solo record that is due out next year and was playing a couple shows in Arizona. While in Phoenix we collaborated on some photos that will probably be used in album artwork after he finishes recording. Here are my favorites from the shoot…and check out his music here.
View more work from the shoot in the online archive: David George, Love/Life album and promo
Phoenix hip-hop artist Willy Northpole for XXL Magazine
In April I photographed a feature for XXL Magazine on a local hip-hop artist Willy Northpole. It should be published this month, here are my favorites…
Images are available for editorial licensing in the online archive: Willy Northpole
Jon Yeager
Another musician I have known since my days in KC is Jon Yeager. Jon used to be in a great band called The Daybirds and is now working on solo material. Here is a shot from a recent promo session when I was back in Kansas City in October.
Lovers In Transit
I was back in the midwest working recently and photographed a band called Lovers In Transit. I have known some of these guys for years since I lived in Kansas City and was involved with the local music scene.
