After hearing so much about their chaotic and wonderfully photogenic live show, I finally got my crack at Gogol Bordello breaking in the main stage during the second day of Lollapalooza 2008.
Photographer’s Notes:
Despite a hugely tall stage and monitors that blocked much of the large band, frontman Eugene Hütz made this a great shoot due to his energy and performance, spending much of his time at the very edge of the stage.
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I loved him in Everything is Illuminated – assuming he’s a great performer all-around.
You know, I still haven’t seen that film, but it’s probably worth it alone for Eugene’s performance. I think it’s streaming on Netflix, too.
Great pictures of Gogol Bordello, Todd.
I also shoot them last week at a music festival in Austria.
http://blog.matthiashombauer.com/2010/08/gogol-bordello/
greetings from Vienna
Matthias
Hey Matthias, thanks for the comment. Great shots from their Vienna performance! And nice work overall, will have to check out your stuff more in the future. Cheers.
Hi Todd!
Thanks for your kind words. Actually this year was my first festival season and I really enjoyed to shoot all the great bands. For this one I borrowed a D3s and was impressed by its speed and high ISO capability. Still, a D3s is too expensive for me and I´ll stay with my D700 and my 80-200 2.8 for a while.
Looking forward for some more awesome shots of you…
greetings
Matthias
Eugene Hütz has a PhD in "audience engagement" from the University of Insanity. Gogol Bordello @ Lollapalooza 2008 http://bit.ly/9IBf9k
RT @toddowyoung: Eugene Hütz has a PhD in "audience engagement" from the University of Insanity. Gogol Bordello @ Lollapalooza 2008 http://bit.ly/9IBf9k
RT @toddowyoung Gypsy-punk band Gogol Bordello performing at Lollapalooza 2008 | ishootshows.com http://bit.ly/9IBf9k
Man…these guys look like a blast Todd. My friend April actually emailed me from L.A. about a month ago saying she caught these guys at show out there. She said I would love them! I caught a couple of videos of them online, and they look like they would be a good time. Great shots as usual man, and that definitely looks like one helluva high stage. 7ft?
Hey Kevin, thanks! You should definitely try and check out Gogol if they play near you, even if just as a fan. The band has recently had a photo release, but aside from that, great subjects. Luckily there was no release when they were on Lollapalooza.
The stage seemed more like 10-ft tall, but it’s kind of hard to gauge. But with the monitors on top of that, it seemed huge.