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….Washington, DC\u00a0….July 1997… During July 1997, I was hired to photograph a Greenpeace protest across the street from the White House in Lafayette Park.\u00a0Greenpeace wanted to halt the launch of the Cassini spacecraft, which many years later delivered spectacular photographs of Saturn and its moons.\u00a0Greenpeace feared that if Cassini exploded, the radioactive material used to power it would spread throughout the atmosphere.\u00a0

To attract publicity Greenpeace had Porno For Pyros play an acoustic set.\u00a0I graduated university a year earlier, and was freelancing while assisting photographers in Washington, DC and NY.\u00a0Assisting meant sweeping the darkroom, holding bags, and mixing chemicals.\u00a0It wasn\u2019t a glamorous start for a 22-year-old with a degree in Political Science.\u00a0\u00a0Greenpeace didn\u2019t pay me, but I was thrilled to photograph Porno For Pyros.\u00a0That steamy afternoon I put on my Good God’s Urge! t-shirt, the band\u2019s second album, and took a metro towards the White House.\u00a0

They played 4 songs in front of a hundred people.\u00a0I was so close to the band that I shot some photos with a fish-eye lens.I had never photographed a famous band before.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0

After they played, Stephen Perkins (drummer\/percussionist) walked over to the food vendor that I was getting a hot dog from.\u00a0He autographed my t-shirt.\u00a0I still have it, unwashed 25-years-later to make sure the signature doesn\u2019t fade.\u00a0We spoke for a couple of minutes, he corrected me after I mistakenly referred to the bass player as \u201cMartin\u201d instead of \u201cMartyn.\u201d\u00a0Stephen then asked me to send the photos to their manager, Roger Leonard.\u00a0

When I got my prints back from the lab, I sent some to Venice Beach with a thank you note.\u00a0Weeks later, Roger left a message on my answering machine.\u00a0Jane\u2019s Addiction was reuniting for the \u201cRelapse Tour.\u201d On the night before Halloween, I photographed Jane\u2019s Addiction.\u00a0\u00a0That was the start of my career photographing bands.\u00a0I photographed their tour, then tours with the Cure, Verve, Radiohead, and Smashing Pumpkins.\u00a0I was on the road for a year, before returning to NY to become a portrait and editorial photographer.\u00a0It started with a conversation while I was buying a hot dog in front of the White House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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