NEIL MASSEY PHOTOGRAPHY BLOG

Very excited to have 5 photographs from my archive included in this new immersive show in Las Vegas:

“Rolling Stone Presents: Amplified, the Immersive Rock Experience: 7 decades of rock history, utilizing the cutting-edge technology of the Illuminarium in Las Vegas at AREA15, including the world’s most advanced 4K projection, 3-D audio, in-floor haptics, and 10,000 square feet of immersive space, where even the floor is a screen.

The result is a groundbreaking experience, that draws on more than 1,000 photographs from throughout rock history, 200 videos, 1,300 Rolling Stone covers, the music of more than 300 artists, with...

I am very proud to have my work shown alongside some of the great image makers from 1980-2004 in this new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery - THE FACE MAGAZINE: CULTURE SHIFT.

A selection of my portrait, club, gigs and festival photography included from 2000-2003;

The Face 20th Anniversary Party Manchester 2000

Eminem Fans London Arena 2001

Warp Records Party at Electrowerkz London 2001

Trash at The End London 2002

Girls Aloud Paris 2003

Glastonbury 2003

Limited Edition prints of selected works available in my Print Shop:

https://neilmassey.com/collections

One of my favourite series of photographs from my archive has got to be when I was commissioned by The Face magazine to photograph So Solid Crew in August 2001. They had just gone No.1 in the UK charts and were on top of the world. We went shopping down Oxford St in central London. 

Last week this series caught a mini viral wave on Instagram; Accounts it was shared on were @dametalmessiah, @linkuptv, @imjustbait, @grmdaily and @harveyoffical from So Solid. 

This then caught the attention of @thefacemagazine who interviewed me and...

I had the pleasure to meet Lord Spikeheart this year, a highlight for sure. A true original artist who you've got to see live to fully appreciate. He leaves it all out there, genuinely connecting with his audience. I photographed Martin at The No Bounds Festival in Sheffield and again at the ICA in London. 

As Ammar Kalia described him in his Guardian piece "Over the past decade vocalist Martin Kanja, AKA Lord Spikeheart, has become a figurehead of the burgeoning Kenyan metal scene: first with frenetic speedcore...