About
Four photographers, one pit pass at a time.
Music Obscura covers live music in clubs, theatres and festival fields. Between us we work the barricade, the wings and the soundboard, so a show comes back as one edit rather than four points of view.
4
Photographers
60+
Shows a year
7d
Gallery turnaround
Photographer one
Founder · Live
Shoots the headline sets: clubs, theatres and the main stage at festivals. Available light, no flash, out of the pit before the third song ends.
Headline sets, festivals
Photographer two
Live · Portraits
Covers support bills and backstage. Runs the portrait sessions that go with tour announcements and press packs.
Portraits, backstage
Photographer three
Festivals
Multi-day festival coverage across stages, plus the crowd and site pictures that carry a recap gallery.
Multi-stage, crowds
Photographer four
Editing · Archive
Edits the night’s take down to a gallery and keeps the archive captioned, keyworded and ready to license.
Edit, archive, licensing
Coverage
Headline sets, support bills, multi-day festivals, press calls and artist portraits.
Working style
Available light, no flash on stage, quiet in the pit. Contact sheets the same night on request.
Recent nights
Spin Doctors, Our Lady Peace, The Verve Pipe and Charlatans UK.
Licensing
Press, tour and label use by arrangement. Archive requests answered within a day.