A Few Words With An Absolute Legend... Chris’ work remains an inspiration to me as does her continued enthusiasm for this thing we’ve dedicated our lives to called punk.
I can relate to so much of what Christine said in this and have always admired her work.
From seeing her shots, you can tell she went to school for photography like a lot of us older photographers did. A lot of modern punk/hc photographers never studied the craft from a historical perspective to understand the hows/whys things look or were documented a certain way. They just see what their contemporaries do and start from there. I wish they would go back and understand why we ripped off Charles Peterson and who Charles Peterson stole from to get us to where we are.
Too many photographers never learned to be tough and edit to just show the best of the best. Smart phones and social media just magnified that x100. I’d rather see 1 amazing image than 30 mediocre ones. I can tell by looking at her work that she has that “inner editor” that is missing too much today. Sometimes it makes us our own worst enemy and critic, but nobody needs to see 100 photos of one band when one amazing shot will tell the same story.
Nice interview. I remember the '90s fondly and Chris was a big part of that. We would wander the LES, going to squats and gardens. And of course, the punk shows.
Great interview!
Christine is an absolute legend who's taken some of my all time favorite photos in punk. She's also always been super nice.
I can relate to so much of what Christine said in this and have always admired her work.
From seeing her shots, you can tell she went to school for photography like a lot of us older photographers did. A lot of modern punk/hc photographers never studied the craft from a historical perspective to understand the hows/whys things look or were documented a certain way. They just see what their contemporaries do and start from there. I wish they would go back and understand why we ripped off Charles Peterson and who Charles Peterson stole from to get us to where we are.
Too many photographers never learned to be tough and edit to just show the best of the best. Smart phones and social media just magnified that x100. I’d rather see 1 amazing image than 30 mediocre ones. I can tell by looking at her work that she has that “inner editor” that is missing too much today. Sometimes it makes us our own worst enemy and critic, but nobody needs to see 100 photos of one band when one amazing shot will tell the same story.
Nice interview. I remember the '90s fondly and Chris was a big part of that. We would wander the LES, going to squats and gardens. And of course, the punk shows.
Yesss. These photos are beautiful.