“Where Were You?” – peter gabriel at Greek Theatre, in Berkeley, California [August 12th, 1983] It has been a long time coming; these negatives suffered some slight damage, over the course of many moves in my life, and required detailed attention – and since I refuse to use Ai to do suc…

Just published my photos of peter gabriel, from the "Security" tour, over on my blog. Turned out nicely, after much-needed touch up editing.
#petergabriel #michaelconen #tonylevin #davidrhodes #larryfast #wherewereyou #photography #liveconcerts
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“Where Were You?” – Peter Murphy at the I-Beam, San Francisco CA [3-3-87] Another evening called to cover a show at the I-Beam, with pleasure, found me at my fave spot again: stage left.  It was crowded, as expected, but not too difficult to move around a bit, to sna…

Photos of mine, of Peter Murphy on a solo release tour. Never saw Bauhaus, but these images turned out pretty well.
#petermurphy #theibeam #wherewereyou #michaelconen #canonae1 #photogrpahy #bauhaus
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“Where Were You?” – Frank Zappa at Louisville Gardens, Louisville KY [11-10-77] After a string of mid-80’s concerts in California, and then bouncing back to the local scene in Louisville, Kentucky, with my last post – I thought it time to go back to the year that I…

Cannot help but think of Zappa's "Trouble Every Day", in times like these; here are my photos taken during the first year of owning my camera:
#photography #frankzappa #adrianbelew #wherewereyou #michaelconen #canonae1 #patrickohearn #rockconcert
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“Where Were You?” – The Who, Live at Rupp Arena [Lexington, Kentucky – July 11, 1980] Well, it is about time to jump back to some earlier concerts, where I began to “hone” my skills….. When the major rock acts would perform in Kentucky, in the 60’s through mo…

Photos of mine, early on in my attempts to capture live concert shots. This time, The Who, in 1980, and, yes, again with watermarks:
#thewho #michaelconen #wherewereyou #photography #canonae1 #petetownshend #rogerdaltry
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“Where Were You?” – Sonic Youth at The I-Beam, San Francisco [July 7, 1986] This was a memorable evening for two reasons: The opening slot was supposed to have been one of the first dates for fIREHOSE, which had assembled after the tragic death of d. boon, from the Minutem…

That time I photographed Sonic Youth, in San Francisco; yes, watermarks - that is to prevent usage without my permission. The band, themselves, understood, in our communications.
#photography #wherewereyou #michaeconen #sonicyouth #canonae1
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“Where Were You? – The Church at the I-Beam, San Francisco CA [August 5, 1986] Photos of The Church, in San Francisco, from 1986

Next up: photos of mine from '86, featuring The Church, taken in San Francisco, 1986.
#martywilsonpiper #peterkoppes #stevekilby #richardploog #thechurch #michaelconen #wherewereyou #canonae1
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“Where Were You?” – Lydia Lunch & Karen Finley at Club DV8, San Francisco [June 27, 1986] Ms. Lunch would appear as part of the opening performance, the night The Mekons appeared at the club. Also sharing the stage for the opening slot, was Ms. Karen Finley, whose photos I will add at a…

Another night of photos taken, years ago, of Lydia Lunch & Karen Finley and their respective sets at Club DV8, in San Francisco. They opened for Mekons, on that occasion.
#lydialunch #karenfinley #michaelconen #wherewereyou
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“Where Were You?” – The Pretenders, at Louisville Memorial Auditorium, Louisville Kentucky [September 4, 1980] “The Preface” This appearance, I call “The Preface”, because this show would lead to a longer story, much of which takes place on the next U.S. tour, in 1981.  More on that, in another post&#823…

The first time I saw the band, in 1980, and managed to get a handful of very good photos. It would occur again, on their following tour of the U.S. Great memories:
#pretenders #chrissiehynde #wherewereyou #michaelconen #canonae1
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“Where Were You?” – Muddy Waters at Bogart’s, in Cincinnati, Ohio [December 17th, 1977] Photos taken of Muddy Waters and band, in December of 1977, at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, Ohio, during the first year of owning my camera gear.

Another day, and another post regarding concert photos I took, decades ago. This time, Muddy Waters & band, during his later years. Lucky to be old enough to catch him then:
#muddywaters #bogart's #cincinnati #michaelconen #wherewereyou #canonae1
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“Where Were You?” – Rosanne Cash at Bogart’s, in Cincinnati, Ohio [June 2, 1981] Hello, and welcome to my concert photography blog site. Today is a quick one, to remedy an oversight: I had originally posted these images and recollections on another website, about a dozen years …

Here's another post from my earliest attempts to document artist's that I enjoyed listening to, and seeing in live settings:
#rosannecash #bogart's #wherewereyou #michaelconen #albertlee #emorygordyjr #rosemarybutler #hankdevito
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“Where Were You?” – Fleetwood Mac at Freedom Hall, in Louisville, Kentucky [September 21, 1977] One of the first handful of concerts that I attempted to capture images with, using my new Canon AE-1 camera. Taken from the audience, at quite a distance from the stage, with mixed results. Four o…

Another series of photos taken during the first year of owning my Canon AE-1:

#michaelconen #wherewereyou #fleetwoodmac #stevienicks #lindseybuckingham #mickfleetwood #christinemcvie #johnmcvie #freedomhall #canonae1 #analogfilm #35mm
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“Where Were You?” – Eric Clapton at Louisville Gardens, in Louisville, Kentucky [2-24-78] Images captured during the first year of my attempts to photograph the concerts I was attending, with middling results. Eric Clapton in 1978.

Need to take a break from the political threads filling up my feed; with that in mind, here's a link to some of my concert photographs, from years ago:

#wherewereyou #michaelconen #ericclapton #marcylevy #canonae1 #concertphotography #analogfilm

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And the ways in which we dehumanize and dismiss survivors of state and nonstate violence and fail to see the connections, are how these abuses will continue.

#wherewereyou

Blood Diamond

Check out my new single "Blood Diamond" distributed by @DistroKid and live on Spotify! open.spotify.com/album/4rV8Wo... #BloodDiamond #Wherewereyou #Survivor #Spotify

Everybody deserves to be seen, heard and treated the same by the justice system. It is meant to be there to protect us - but for too many women, it does not.

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Everybody deserves to be seen, heard and treated the same by the justice system.

It is meant to be there to protect us - but for too many women, it does not.

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We’re in the civil liberties section of my course when we move to civil liberties post-9/11.

Where were you? What stands out? What would you tell 18-20 year olds about the differences between now and then? #september11 #civilliberties #wherewereyou #students

I was in high school, a senior. I didn't fully understand what I was seeing but we watched it in every class for most of the day. And my graduating class that May was all enlisting. The War On Terror had begun. #september11 #wherewereyou

I was having coffee on my balcony.
Smoke was coming out of one tower, then the other.
Saw both towers fall.
Every day I look for them but they're always gone.
#September11 #WhereWereYou #PTSD

A statue of a kneeling angel with hands clasped in payer next to a lit candle.

I had just dropped my daughter off at school when I heard the first reports on the radio that a "small plane" had crashed into the World Trade Center. #WhereWereYou #NeverForget

I was in Milford, MA at the EMC training center, qualifying to teach Control Center. The class was filled with NY & NJ SEs.

It was the most beautiful fall day.

#wherewereyou

Oh hey, it’s sept 11 too…

#whereWereYou

I was in college in a design class when our prof told us and then dismissed the class early.

We thought he was fucking with us until we all ran down to the Mac lab and checked the news…

#whataweek

911 Twenty Four Years desert spirit's fire! is about sacraments, creation, theology and ecology.

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#WTC #WTC911 #Jeremiah #creation #uncreation #NewCreation #Eucharist #Psalm62 #hope #WhereWereYou?

#WTC
#WhereWereYou?

“Oasis vibes in the area”

#Oasis #live25 #OasisLive25 #Pasadena #RoseBowl #WhereWereYou?