There’s an element of trying to capture a realness, a kind of spontaneity to both that’s appealing. But of course in punk, like just about anything else, there’s definitely an element of performance, controlled chaos and building off of what’s come before. To that end, covering music, especially larger bands, reminds me of when I was covering Congress. It’s funny, when I’ve shown my portfolio to editors, I’ve been knocked on more than one occasion for including music photography. I was told that work is “just capturing a performance.” Hell, outside of spot news or street photography, just about everything a photojournalist shoots is “just a performance.” Sports? No doubt. Politics? Hell yes. Especially today, in the reality show soaked world we’re living in, you pull out a camera and people perform
Tag: Mark Murrmann
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Mark Murrmann: Just a Performance
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Mark Murrmann (Mother Jones): In Conversation – The New York Photo Festival
Mark Murrmann came to Mother Jones with a background as a freelance editorial and documentary photographer, having covered Congress, the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath in New Orleans, and the repercussions of the Balkan wars in the former Yugoslavia. He has also logged thousands of miles on tour, shooting bands and is a regular Hamburger Eyes contributor. Mark studied photography in London in 2004 a winner of the Alexia Foundation Photography Contest. Prior to becoming a photographer, he started a self-published punk magazine in 1991, which led to a weekly column in the Indianapolis Star and a coediting position at Maximumrocknroll, a long-running San Francisco-based punk magazine.
Link: The New York Photo Festival | The Future of Contemporary Photography
