Juliette Lewis at Koko

I did a stint photographing Juliette and the band earlier in the year. With access to all backstage areas and Juliette asking me to shoot some ‘candids’, we had a ball. Juliette’s new album ‘Terra Incognita’ is out on the 1st of September.

I’ve seen Juliette perform several times and have fallen in love with her work. Be assured, the album is on my musical procurement list.

The plan had been to edit the photos, include captions and help paint a picture of what Juliette is like off stage and on. But the more I worked to figure out what photos to include here, the more I realized that Juliette is too expressive to be diminished by photo captions.

As always, just click on the large photo below to advance to the next one.
Big versions of these photos are here.

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  1. Sebastian

    The power of black and white…!

    Much more emotive now, eh? :)

    Very nice!

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 12:07 am


  2. felixkunze

    Definitely, viewed holistically, the entire thing in B&W made a lot more sense.

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 12:11 am


  3. Susan

    very raw and real … the first pic with the spotlight is my fave … I haven’t seen b&w quite like this before – the texture, energy and depth. bravo.

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 3:33 am


  4. Glenn

    Black and white looks miles better in this series. I think it removes the grainy colour you got from the low light and makes it work in the style’s favour.
    Good old B&W!

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 2:14 pm


  5. felixkunze

    Thanks Susan, I’m very happy with them too. :)

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 2:18 pm


  6. felixkunze

    Can’t beat a good B&W. Music photos lend themselves nicely to B&W. Colour shatters the illusion a bit.

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 2:19 pm


  7. Sebastian

    Well, as Glenn said, black and white is quite good when the colour detail isn’t great — low-light, monochrome (white lights), high ISO, etc — all good reasons for B&W.

    I think where possible, and if the lights are awesome, colour still adds a huge amount to a photo :)

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 2:24 pm


  8. felixkunze

    I agree. I’ve seen a lot of edits of music stuff to make it look like it was taken with fast film, IE grainy and that ‘film’ look. Its down to artistic choice I suppose. Some nice colour music photography at http://www.helenboastphotography.com That’s a level for me to aspire if I wanted to get into Music as a career.

    Aug 20, 2009 @ 2:28 pm


  9. Lucy

    Hi Felix,

    I really love the black and white photos, I usually opt for colour, but not any more, its simply amazing how more powerful the photos look. Keep up the wonderful photography and thank you for sharing your beautiful photos on your fab new website :-)

    Sep 14, 2009 @ 5:36 pm

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