I was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama.

PHOTOSHOOT BOOKING / PRESS INTERVIEWS

For booking a photoshoot or to setup a press interview, please contact: xryanrussellx@gmail.com.

INFORMATION

Ryan Russell
Location: Birmingham, Alabama
Education: B.A. degree in Art Studio from
the University of Alabama at Birmingham

I work with all size signed/unsigned bands, companies, and various publications. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, I am available for flyout photoshoots anywhere in the United States. In addition to photographs, I am available for album art direction and layout.

Some of the non-band photographs are available for purchase
for album artwork, branding, merch, etc. Please email to inquire.




Below are lists of bands, publications, companies, people, etc that I have worked with. Their photographs can be found throughout the archives located on the left. Thank you very much for looking at my photographs.

PUBLICATIONS:
rolling stone, alternative press, spin, giant, playboy, chunklet, decibel, guitar world, chicago reader, chicago tribune, chicago sun-times, new york times, new york post, time out new york, hm, kerrang!, cmj new music, revolver, thrasher, entertainment weekly, rock sound

BANDS:
the academy is...,
against me!, alexisonfire, the almost, anberlin, angels and airwaves, armor for sleep, as i lay dying, bayside, david bazan, big business, black cross, cartel, ciara, circa survive, coheed and cambria, coliseum, the color fred, converge, cursive, dashboard confessional, death cab for cutie, deftones, kevin devine, the dream, envy on the coast, every time i die, foo fighters, fugazi, gainer, the gaslight anthem, harvey milk, haste, head automatica, helms alee, hot rod circuit, isis, jacks mannequin, jimmy eat world, killswitch engage, the life + times, look mexico, lynam, make believe, mare, mastodon, matt & kim, maylene and the sons of disaster, the melvins, minus the bear, mogwai, my chemical romance, new found glory, new mexican disaster squad, norma jean, owen, paramore, part chimp, pelican, plate six, playing enemy, poison the well, queens of the stone age, rantings of eva, reggie and the full effect, russian circles, shellac, slayer, so many dynamos, sonic youth, sparta, the starting line, st vincent, sweet cobra, taking back sunday, ted leo + the pharmacists, tegan and sara, these arms are snakes, thursday, torche, underoath, unwed sailor, valient thorr, john vanderslice, vesper, wild light, whippersnapper, young widows and tons, tons more.

CELEBRITIES/MUSICIANS/COMEDIANS:
steve albini, todd barry, max bemis of say anything, h. jon benjamin, hunter burgan of afi, al burian of challenger, blaine capatch, stef carpenter, david cross of mr. show/arrested development, tom delonge of blink-182, kevin devine, mike dirnt of green day, fat mike, zach galifianakis, ben gibbard of death cab for cutie, anthony green of circa survive, matt hensley of flogging molly, josh homme, andy hull of manchester orchestra, bob mould of husker du, john krasinski of the office (jim), mike kinsella of owen, tim kinsella of joan of arc, eugene mirman, bob odenkirk of mr.show, patton oswalt of reno911/king of queens, brian posehn, matthew pryor of the get up kids, henry rollins of black flag, michael showalter, sarah silverman, aaron turner of isis, ben verellen of harkonen, butch vig, gerard and mikey way of my chemical romance, atom willard of rocket from the crypt, dave willis of aqua teen hunger force, jon wurster, david yow of the jesus lizard and tons, tons more.

RECORD LABELS:
warner bros, atlantic, emi/virgin, subpop, ferret music, epic, jade tree, epitaph, equal vision, touch and go, tooth and nail, hydrahead, suicide squeeze, flameshovel, sony music, volcom, bridge nine, century media/abacus, auxiliary, relapse, french kiss, robotic empire, polyvinyl, bent rail, seventh rule, trustkill

COMPANIES:
macbeth footwear, ford motor company, firstact guitars, hurley usa, gibson guitars, mammoth printshop, peavey guitars, sennheiser usa, verellen amplifiers

BOOKS:
"tbd2009 tegan & sara/new orleans photobook" by t. & s. quin, lindsey byrnes & ryan russell
"the overrated book" by henry owings
"i'm a lebowski you're a lebowski: life, the big lebowski, and what have you"
by bill green, ben peskoe, scott shuffitt, will russell