Ritva introduces her music challenge like this: “Whether it’s a street artist down the street, local band or a world‑famous rockstar on stage, this challenge is all about capturing the energy, excitement, and emotion of live music—or anything connected to it.”

I attended many concerts in the days before cell phones and cameras weren’t allowed. In more recent years I have enjoyed photographing music performances in many different kinds of environments.

It’s fun learning more about famous musicians. We toured Elvis Presley’s home Graceland in Memphis, The B.B. King museum in Mississippi, and the Buddy Holly museum in Texas

Athens, Georgia is the home of many famous bands including R.E.M., The B-52’s, and Widespread Panic. The three locations in the final gallery are a part of the music history in Athens.

Last week Anne had us moving our body to capture our subjects. Your responses were incredible. Thank you to everyone who joined the challenge.

Many thanks to our host Ritva for this week’s fun challenge. If you would like to join the challenge please be sure to tag your post with Lens-Artists and include a link back to his post Lens-Artists #416: Music.

Be sure to check back on Saturday, October 10 at noon eastern time when Egidio will be hosting the challenge.

You can keep up with all of our challenges by subscribing to the Lens-Artists team members websites: Tina, Patti, Ann-Christine, John, Sofia, Anne, Egidio, Ritva, Beth.

For information on how to join the Lens-Artists challenge please click here.

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