Photographer Spotlights

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Photographer Spotlight: Matt Valler

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.26.2019

Glorious shots of Bloodlet, Iron Reagan, Horsewhip, and many other killer bands included.

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Photographer Spotlight: D. Garcerán

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.8.2019

"I used to look for the word 'punk' on the P2P sites and download everything that appeared there."

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Photographer Spotlight: Aaron Rhodes

By Carlos Ramirez | 4.4.2019

Meet a Kansas City music head who busts his ass for his local scene.

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Photographer Spotlight: Darren Plank (Convertido Photography)

By Carlos Ramirez | 2.26.2019

"Each camera is in essence a different voice."

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Photographer Spotlight: Pat Gaffney

By Carlos Ramirez | 2.19.2019

"I just get up front take a photo and get out of the way..."

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Photographer Spotlight: Jonathan Velazquez

By Carlos Ramirez | 2.8.2019

"I want to be better at what I do every time a band comes back to town and I reach out to them."

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Photographer Spotlight: James Scott

By Carlos Ramirez | 1.25.2019

Meet yet another music fan reared in the Long Island hardcore scene.

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Photographer Spotlight: Mark Valentino

By Carlos Ramirez | 1.8.2019

From discovering Pig Destroyer through a video game to having his work included on their latest album.

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Photographer Spotlight: Zach Cordner

By Carlos Ramirez | 12.18.2018

"Thrash and punk lead me down the road to straight edge hardcore, which became my life during high school..."

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Photographer Spotlight: Vicky Carrature

By Carlos Ramirez | 12.13.2018

She wants a time machine so she could shoot both Project X and Beastie Boys.

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Photographer Spotlight: Dan Patrick

By Carlos Ramirez | 9.5.2018

"Sometimes you take a beating holding your camera up high, so it doesnt get destroyed."

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Photographer Spotlight: Sam Emery

By Carlos Ramirez | 8.22.2018

"It’s impossible to take a bad photo of Turnstile."

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Photographer Spotlight: Keith Baillargeon

By Carlos Ramirez | 8.15.2018

"It sucks getting hit but it's all part of the fun, I guess."

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Photographer Spotlight: Farrah Skeiky

By Carlos Ramirez | 8.1.2018

A feature on Japanese punk in an old issue of Maximum Rocknroll was all it took.

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Photographer Spotlight: Matt Gabell

By Carlos Ramirez | 7.25.2018

This man is doing a killer job documenting the UK hardcore scene through his camera lens.

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Photographer Spotlight: Brian Benavente

By Carlos Ramirez | 7.12.2018

"As competitive as it can be in the photography world, it's not worth flexing on people."

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Photographer Spotlight: Jess Tyler

By Carlos Ramirez | 7.10.2018

"I think of it as a positive that there are so many photographers out there now."

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Photographer Spotlight: Thomas Steinberg

By Carlos Ramirez | 6.28.2018

"Then in high school I found Trapped Under Ice..."

Photographer Spotlights

Photographer Spotlight: Matt Valler

Photographer Spotlight: D. Garcerán

Photographer Spotlight: Aaron Rhodes

Photographer Spotlight: Darren Plank (Convertido Photography)

Photographer Spotlight: Pat Gaffney

Photographer Spotlight: Jonathan Velazquez

Photographer Spotlight: James Scott

Photographer Spotlight: Mark Valentino

Photographer Spotlight: Zach Cordner

Photographer Spotlight: Vicky Carrature

Photographer Spotlight: Dan Patrick

Photographer Spotlight: Sam Emery

Photographer Spotlight: Keith Baillargeon

Photographer Spotlight: Farrah Skeiky

Photographer Spotlight: Matt Gabell

Photographer Spotlight: Brian Benavente

Photographer Spotlight: Jess Tyler

Photographer Spotlight: Thomas Steinberg

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