News & new photographs

Past news/photo updates:
June 29th, 2007 - Alt Press article, Ben Gibbard tour, Deftones, Against Me...
April 1st, 2007 - SPIN PHOTO, Norma Jean, Maylene, ISIS...
March 1st, 2007 - Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, the Black Lips...
February 6th, 2007 - Thursday, Cartel, Poison the Well, David Cross...
December 31st, 2006 - Entire year's news!

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April 1st, 2007

SPIN

Reminders:
MAR? APR?: Mastodon "Making the Video" on MTV!! (I'm the tall guy with chops)

Travelling:
April 3rd - 5th: Chicago, IL (Chicago birthday bro-down, mine's April 4th)
April 5th - 7th: Manchester, NH/Lowell, MA (with Taking Back Sunday on the 6th)
April 7th - 10th: Philadelphia, PA/New Brunswick, NJ/New York City
May 10th - 12th: on tour with Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie
May 13th - 20th: on tour with Underoath/Maylene/Norma Jean and the Glass Ocean

News:
The SPIN with Mastodon featured in the soundcheck section is out now!
(I did not shoot the Modest Mouse cover, just showing the issue)

[the original]

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March 20th, 2007

Norma Jean

Reminders:
MAR? APR?: Mastodon "Making the Video" on MTV!! (I'm the tall guy with chops)
March 20th: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster "II" released
April 2nd: Apr'07 issue of SPIN - Spin Soundcheck

Travelling:
March 23rd - 25th: Chicago, IL
April 3rd - 5th: Chicago, IL (Chicago birthday bro-down, mine's April 4th)
April 5th - 7th: Manchester, NH/Lowell, MA (with Taking Back Sunday on the 6th)
April 7th - 10th: Philadelphia, PA/New Brunswick, NJ/New York City
May 13th - 20th: on tour with Underoath/Maylene/Norma Jean and the Glass Ocean

News:
Couple of photographs from Norma Jean in Birmingham over the weekend. I'll be at the These Arms Are Snakes show in Chicago, IL on the 23rd, if you're there say hello.

Norma Jean

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March 19th, 2007

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster album preview

Reminders:
MAR? APR?: Mastodon "Making the Video" on MTV!! (I'm the tall guy with chops)
March 20th: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster "II" released
April 2nd: Apr'07 issue of SPIN - Spin Soundcheck

Travelling:
April 3rd - 5th: Chicago, IL (Chicago birthday bro-down, mine's April 4th)
April 5th - 7th: Manchester, NH/Lowell, MA (with Taking Back Sunday on the 6th)
April 7th - 10th: Philadelphia, PA/New Brunswick, NJ/New York City
May 13th - 20th: on tour with Underoath/Maylene/Norma Jean and the Glass Ocean

News:
To go along with the release of Maylene and the Sons of Disaster's new album "II" this Tuesday March 20th, here's some of the photographs from the record. The photographs were shot in the Fall of 2006 just before Maylene's December tour. For the full concept of the album you have to read the lyrics along with the scenes. Dallas Taylor (Maylene's singer) and I did the art direction for the album, Portland of Sons of Nero did all the design and layout.

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March 15th, 2007

Pelican, Russian Circles, ISIS, Torche, Daughters, Young Widows
Mock Orange, Band Marino

Reminders:
MAR? APR?: Mastodon "Making the Video" on MTV!! (I'm the tall guy with chops)
March 20th: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster "II" released
(Art Direction and Photography by Ryan Russell)
April 2nd: Apr'07 issue of SPIN - Spin Soundcheck
(a never before seen live photo - two page spread, sick!)

Travelling:
April 3rd - 5th: Chicago, IL (Chicago birthday bro-down, mine's April 4th)
April 5th - 7th: Manchester, NH/Lowell, MA (with Taking Back Sunday on the 6th)

News:
In the past week... Team Chunklet defeated ISIS in Whirlyball, I met an amazingly nice band called Band Marino, drove to Murfreesboro TN to see one of my absolute favorite bands Mock Orange, and spent two days with Pelican/Russian Circles/Daughters plus one with Young Widows. This Friday, I will be with Norma Jean in Atlanta hanging out at practice taking candid photographs, and a couple new group photographs of them. Do you actually read this?

Pelican

Russian Circles

ISIS

Aaron Turner of ISIS

Henry and Aaron

ISIS/Torche getting destroyed in Whirlyball

Torche

Daughters

Band Marino

Young Widows

Mock Orange

Mock Orange at The Boro in Murfreesboro, TN

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March 1st, 2007 (
partial)
Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Ben Jorgensen of Armor for Sleep

News:
I left up the Taking Back Sunday/Underoath photographs. To see the full photo update from March 1st, 2007 click here. photographs of Mastodon, the Black Lips, Jake from Norma Jean and more.

Taking Back Sunday, Underoath and Armor for Sleep in Birmingham, AL

Fred Mascherino of Taking Back Sunday / Breaking Pangea / the Color Fred

Corgan Taylor - Maylene's favorite son

Ben Jorgensen of Armor for Sleep

Timothy McTague of Underoath

Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath

Graham - Underoath resident amazing dude

Adam Lazzara of Taking Back Sunday and Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath

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Taking Back Sunday

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Underoath