OUT AND ABOUT – APRIL 2024
We’re back with another round-up from some seriously talented local photographers.
We’re on the ground in Liverpool with Johnsy Shots, Joenoseph and DidEyeShutter, as we check out what musical happenings they’ve captured recently.
Hannah Johns ia 25 year old photographer and promoter from Liverpool, who’s heart and soul goes into the music community to look after her bands.
Photo 1 – The Coral supporting James at The Pier Head
“Before this it lashed it down so bad then a double rainbow came out. So yeah this was a pure moment, ‘Dreaming of You’ was playing as the sun came out”
Photo 2 – SPIN at Sound City
“one of the first ever bands I worked for, playing one of their first shows in years. Metrocola will always be the best venue”
Photo 3 – Split
“I can’t remember which venue this was, but I just love how you can see his veins pop, it’s amazing”
Photo 4 – Rianne Downey at Sound City
A good friend of mine, who this year is playing the Pyramid Stage with Paul Heaton! Proud girly”
Photo 5 – Monks supporting The Mysterines
“It’s just different this isn’t it, to someone stood on stage playing a guitar”
Photo 6 – The Sway
“Nearly fell over onstage taking this, but this was a special moment for a bunch of scousers playing in front of the liver bird”
Photo 7 – Cheap Thrills supporting Red Rum Club
“This got cut off cause of the rain. Didn’t stop the lads though, they took themselves to their local pub (The Windsor) and put on their own gig”
Photo 8 – The DMAs at The Arena
“This was amazing, The Night Café and Rats supported. One of the best gigs I’ve been to”
Photo 9 – Jamie Webster at The Pier Head
“Another Pier Head one, I can’t even express how much it rained that day. I did both nights at Webster, but that one was just the best. I felt on top of the world and I’m sure Jamie Webster did too”
Photo 10 – The Ks
“My mates. Ryan the lead guitarist was deffo following me to get a good shot ;)”
Check out more of Johnsy’s work here
Self-taught photographer Joenoseph has been shooting around Liverpool since 2019. Starting out mainly doing street and architecture photography, Joe later moved on to events, fashion and portraiture.
“My photography style is changing all the time, however right now I’m drawn to taking slow and thoughtful portraits of people within their environments. I love capturing moments at events that are full of character but can be easily missed.
These shots include a couple of portraits from my ‘Stranger’ series, a Beyblade event at 24 Kitchen Street, a grime cypher at Svara Radio, and a portrait session with tattoo artist and painter Sunny Wild.”
Check out more of Joe’s work here
Julian Gill is a multi-hyphenate creative who has been active in the music industry for over 20 years. From backing singing with the Sense of Sound Choir, to touring as part of various projects and as an artist under the name Esco Williams, Julian is now founder of BLA.C Music, a bespoke label service and distribution company for BIPOC artists. called BLA.C Music, whilst taking photos of Liverpool under the alias, DidEyeShutter.
As a Liverpool-based photographer under the alias DidEyeShutter, Julian started out taking stills and video for MiC LOWRY, who he also co-managed and helmed creative direction for. On tours he would take candid street photography during downtime, and during the covid lockdowns, this became one of Julian’s main creative outputs. Now, he splits his time across commercial shoots, assisting on artist development and managing his budding new distribution platform, staying true to his ethos: Be Loud, and Create.
Check out more of DidEyeShutter’s work here
