Stephen Booth is an acclaimed music photographer based in Brisbane who has been documenting the music scene in the Queensland capital for the last 10 years.

Booth has been at all the major festivals in this part of the country photographing a swinging Nick Cave in full action mode (see picture below from January 2009), Moby giving the peace sign (Sunset Sounds 2010), crowds hamming it up, punk rockers in carparks, drummers and guitarists moving to the beat and more.

Booth’s images capture the intensity of the performance, the energy of the crowd and something of the character of the events he is covering which could be anything from a backyard gig to a major festival. With credits that include bands and performers such as Powderfinger, The Go-Betweens, Megadeth, U2, Jarvis Cocker and Robert Forster; magazine shoots for Timeoff and Rolling Stone magazines and clients like EMI, Sony and Capitol Records; Booth has made an real impact on music photography.

His favourite 50 images from a collection of more than 30,000 will be on show at the Brisbane Powerhouse (Tuesday March 2 – Monday April 5). Otherwise keep an eye out in the photographer’s pit for Booth at the next big Brisbane event.

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