Music photographer research

Joe Griffiths

RUKEShttp://www.complex.com/style/2012/10/the-50-greatest-music-photographers-right-now/

Location: Everywhere and nowhere (according to his Twitter)Rukes calls himself "the #1 DJ (Photographer)," and we'd have to agree, except without the parentheses, and "DJ" would be optional. It would be impossible to have a conversation about music photography without bringing up RUKES. People started to notice him from photos he took as official concert photographer for Deadmau5 (hence the "Everywhere and nowhere" — he's always on the road), but since then he's photographed Avicii, Skrillex, Kaskade, Swedish House Mafia, Afrojack, and more at historic concerts, raves, and festivals. If there's anyone who's expertly documenting the takeover of electronic dance music worldwide, it's RUKES.

Rukes is a well known DJ photographer. It doesn’t link with my genre but the way he captures the atmosphere of the crowd via the artists point of view is a technique that I will use.The Acton shot of the fire works going off in the photo to the left connotes an amped atmosphere.

Mel D. Cole

Location: New York, NYMel D. Cole picked up a camera for the first time eight years ago, and we're so glad he did. Known as the “house photographer” for The Roots, he's also the favorite contemporary photographer of ?uestlove. He shoots with a sense of humor, exclusively in black and white, documenting hip-hop from the inside out. For a guy that taught himself, Mel D. Cole continues to kill the photography game.

Mel D. Cole uses a monochrome black and white to amplify the connotation of the grime on the streets that is preached in the artists music. The low angle makes the artists seem more dominant, Its also shows you the perspective from a views perspective intensifying the atmosphere.

CognitoCognito uses a fish eye to amplify the realism of action used on close ups of the artists and also the audience. I feel like his black and white photos are more effective because it shown the grime of the music and the what the genre represents in the first place; the streets