Photographer: Jorge Silva
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Based in: Porto, Portugal
ONE
On the first edition of Amplifest – a still relatively new festival in my hometown, who will have the third edition this year – Justin Broadrick did a double stint headlining the first day of the festival with Jesu and then, the second day, as Godflesh.
While Jesu were playing I noticed a light, placed behind and above Justin, that, from time to time, was casting strong lightbeams on his head. As I was shooting right in front of him, the light came and I was able to get the shot I was envisioning. It always amuses me the fact the I shot Justin as Jesu with a halo!
TWO
After having to cancel all of their European shows on the spring of 2011, Yob ended up playing the promised portuguese gig in October of that same year.
Mike Scheidt has quite a great presence on stage and, just before this photo was taken, he had already outstretched his arms striking an epic pose but the shot didn’t end up to my liking. Then, mid song, he raises his arms above his head and goes all triumphant. Most of the time I just call this image “doooom!!!” and it ranks high on my favourites.
THREE
The show was announced very near the date it took place but, as soon as I found out, I did not want to lose the chance of seeing 16 live.
Cris Jerue is one of those tortured vocalists onstage and I like a lot this moment when I snapped the shot that looks like a pause for meditation just before he got back to punishing the mic again, and again. Adding to the atmosphere of “suspended moment” is the fact that I shot with a combination of flash and slow speed shutter, making it seem almost like a double-exposure (it is not!) where the better defined body parts seem to float.
FOUR
Bohren & der Club of Gore like to present their brand of “jazz doom” playing on completely darkened stages, with just the exception of the lights placed directly above each one of the members. This adds to the aura of nightclub and, trying to portray that, I made sure to catch their sax player, with his shape more guessed than actually seen.
FIVE
This one was taken during the third time I shot Russian Circles and it’s one of those situations where my favourite photo of the set was not taken during a song, but between.
Dave Turncrantz is one hell of a drummer and here, while his partners in crime were tuning their instruments, he started peeling loose skin from his fingers with his teeth. I just could not help but capture the moment!
SIX
Lobster are/were a portuguese band who, whenever they played, always decided to set up their stuff not on stage, but on the ground in the middle of the crowd.
I always like to try out new compositions and angles and, in this one, as I was tired of shooting them “in your face” due to the proximity, I decided to stand on top of a chair and shoot from above. As I put myself in position to do so, I noticed the writing on the pedalboard: “do not fear death”, and decided to make it the main focus of my photo with the guitar player becoming just a shadow.
SEVEN
When I found out that Throbbing Gristle were scheduled to play in my hometown in the November of 2010 I barely could believe it! I was finally going to be able to witness the industrial legends live…
As it turned out, just days before the show, Genesis P-Orridge decided to quit the band putting the rest of the tour in jeopardy. The three remaining members decided to go ahead and do the remaining of the tour performing under the moniker X-TG which, for everyone in the room, stood for “Ex-Throbbing Gristle”.
Among the many photos I took during the concert, this one I took of Peter Christopherson remains my favourite of the night. Something that gained a new importance to me when, just a few months after the show, “Sleazy” passed away which made this one of his last performances.
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