Lens Artists Photo Challenge #416: Music

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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

A few of Elvis Presley’s Gold Records on display at Graceland
B. B. King’s Grammy Awards
Buddy Holly

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.

40 Watt Club
The Georgia Theatre is a popular concert hall,
Wuxtry Records buying and selling records since 1976

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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34 thoughts on “Lens Artists Photo Challenge #416: Music”

  4. The header is a stopper, great shot. I love the small music groups you have captured. they tell a story of their own from traditional to more relaxed groups. I have to say, I got married in Memphis and while we were there we visited Elvis house, and when I got in I got this very distressed feeling, and a feeling of an unhappy house. I don’t know why. Never before or after has any house given me such vibes. Great post and it evoked memories in me too.

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    1. Ritva, I really enjoyed this challenge. I started out with about twice as many photos and had to scale it back a bit. I’m glad you liked the header shot of the Georgia Redcoat marching band. I’ve seen and heard them before and during every Georgia Bulldogs football game I’ve attended over the years. I know what you mean about Elvis’s Graceland. It’s hard to put in words but it just seemed sad.

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  7. Lovely, lovely post! Finally! I’ve been waiting for someone to include a marching band!!!!! I love marching bands – best part of every parade I’ve ever attended (and a lot of football games too). pp

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  13. So many memories for you, Beth! It’s been awhile since I’ve been to a concert of any magnitude, so I wasn’t aware of the forbidden nature of cameras and cellphones in recent years. More’s the pity…

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