Back to my Roots!

    I dug up some old roots this week with a quick little trip to Atlanta to see my friend Justin Pearson. For those of you that may have never heard of Justin let me just tell you he is one of the main reasons I am where I am at today. Justin's band The Locust and record label 31G was the main catalyst for my photography career. I met him in 2001 when The Locust played a small venue in my home town called "The Lazy I." I was just getting into photography and started shooting live bands. After the show I spoke to Justin Briefly, got his address and mailed him prints from the show a few weeks later. Next thing I know I had a P.O. Box full of awesome records and a thank you card. 6-8 Months later I attended the More than Music Fest In OH. The locust and several other amazing bands such as Arab On Radar, Lighting Bolt and Daughters were also on the bill as part of the OOPS tour. I spoke to Justin quite a while that day about life, photography and several other things. To make a long story short.... Justin started using my  photos for his website, postcards and all sorts of other nifty marketing tools for his label. He also got me in touch with their publicist Maria who quickly started getting me published in Alternative Press and Spin..... The rest, as some would say, is history... 

So, here we are... The First photo I took of him in 2001 as the bass player and vocalist for the THE LOCUST and a brand new one I took of him this week with his new band RETOX.

Retox

                                                                   The Locust