Well the recent spate of concert photos has got me going...

I used to do it a lot, mostly for the musicians or their publicists. A few for me.

The photo below is from the second loudest concert I've ever been to, Praxis at the Anchorage. The Anchorage is inside the base of the Brooklyn Bridge on the Brooklyn side, it's all stone, the reflections are intense. My wife was holding a bottle of water and the water was moving, it was that loud.

The loudest concert I ever went to was Public Image on an early US tour. I sat in the sixteenth row, wore earplugs and couldn't hear for days. There were people up front with their ears pressed against the amps.

So I'm not sure how much of a people pic this is, but here it is.

Praxis at the Anchorage, copyright 1997 Jeff Spirer

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), November 07, 2000

Answers

WHAT'S THAT JEFF... SPEAK A LITTLE LOUDER. HUH???!?? SPEAK A LITTLE L O U D E R. I CAN'T HEAR YOU!! :-)

Love that shodow of what looks like a person. Very eerie.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), November 07, 2000.

I meant "shadow" not shodow.

-- Tony Rowlett (rowlett@alaska.net), November 07, 2000.

I love the shadow too - and esp. the little burned out figure inside. Great shot!

I think the loudest concert I ever went to was Manowar - or maybe Motorhead - or Ronnie James Dio - or David Lee Roth etc. etc. etc. During the 80's I damaged my hearing permanently, but it was fun. Too bad I never thought to bring a camera along.

-- Christel Green (look.no@film.dk), November 07, 2000.

Funny you should bring it up- I think the loudest band I ever subjected myself to was the Patti Smith Group, Austin TX 1983. My ears are still ringing....

-- Chris Yeager (cyeager@ix.netcom.com), November 07, 2000.

a fascinating image, jeff; but one can hardly identify it as a "concert photo".

-- wayne harrison (wayno@netmcr.com), November 08, 2000.