I started out my career photographing live music events. It is still a thrill when I get home and edit images and find a great one!!!
The culmination of a 15 hour multi act event called Live Aid. 74 acts in one day. Not sure if I actually remember photographing this, but it worked!!
This image became my most well known image, due to the fact that Randy died in a plane crash a month later, Many people have told me that they think that this is the most famous "Heavy Metal" photograph ever taken.
The trick is to always get the subject at the top of their jump.
This image was taken at Princes birthday party the week o=f the release of Purple Rain. I photographed him many times but this is the first time that he ever posed for me.
A magic moment at the end of Lionel;s set
A reason why it always pays to stay till the end of the show!!
A relatively unknown Madonna at her first headline show in Chicago.
Neil Young performs at a Farm Aid concert in 1990
One of the most difficult things to do is to get three people on stage looking good with no microphones covering their faces.
First rule of concert photography: When someone climbs up on ssomething, he will soon jump! The trick is to catch him at the top of his jump.
One of the best things aboiut working for the production is being able to walk anywhere during soundcheck!
This image was taken during the first week of Bruce's Born In The USA Tour. A year later, it was my first Newsweek cover.
