RX Bandits

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I had a fun time continuing my experimentation with the Hasselblad the other day during a shoot with Long Beach-area band RX Bandits. The shoot was for Sargent House Records, who needed band photos for press kits being used to promote the bands upcoming album “Mandala.” The idea for this came from doing a little background research on the band and coming across a clip of guitarist Steve Choi describing their music as being a soundtrack to a movie playing in their head. I was thinking about doing a composite image using a bunch of sequential 35mm negatives to play with the cinematic concept, but not having a scanner and being on a limited budget I opted to continue playing around with my recent shoot-through-the-antique-camera kick to see if I could come up with something comparable. It doesn’t quite convey the concept that got the ball rolling, but it kind of evolved into its own thing that I thought worked pretty well. The band members were a bunch of cool, chill guys, making for a relaxed, fun shoot. Band members are, left to right, Matthew Embree, Steve Choi, Christopher Tsagakis and Joseph Troy.

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