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10 Musicians Turned Photographers: Michael Stipe, Patti Smith, Bryan Adams & More
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Michael Stipe
Successful touring musicians often live fishbowl lives -- the center of attention, gawked at, photographed.
Now more than ever in this age of camera phones and instant uploads they rarely escape the public's gaze. Some of them turn the tables, picking up their own cameras and looking back-at their audiences, at the world.
Singer Patti Smith -- a long-time multimedia artist whose exhibition "Camera Solo" is on display at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario until May 19 -- is only the latest example of a musician who has embraced photography on a more professional level.
Here are 10 musician/photographers whose work, whether found on Tumblr, in museums, or in fine art books, often offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a rock star.
Now more than ever in this age of camera phones and instant uploads they rarely escape the public's gaze. Some of them turn the tables, picking up their own cameras and looking back-at their audiences, at the world.
Singer Patti Smith -- a long-time multimedia artist whose exhibition "Camera Solo" is on display at Toronto's Art Gallery of Ontario until May 19 -- is only the latest example of a musician who has embraced photography on a more professional level.
Here are 10 musician/photographers whose work, whether found on Tumblr, in museums, or in fine art books, often offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a rock star.
Click to launch the gallery below:
- Bryan Adams
- Ben Folds
- Nicola Kuperus
- Melissa Auf der Maur
- Moby
- Mark Mothersbaugh
- Don Pyle
- Nikki Sixx
- Michael Stipe
- Andy Summers
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- Irina Lazareanu
- Nervo
- Karen Elson
- Grace Jones
- Carla Bruni
- Kate Moss
- Twiggy
- Agyness Deyn
- Lissy Trullie
- Charlotte Kemp-Muhl
- Coeur de Pirate
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- Azealia Banks
- Courtney Love
- Iggy Azalea
- Janelle Monae
- Lana Del Rey
- Lykke Li
- Patrick Wolf
- Pete Doherty
- Alexis Krauss from Sleigh Bells
- Solange Knowles
- Musicians With Other Skills
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- Rick Ross
- Drake
- Jack White
- Girl Talk
- Gene Simmons
- Peaches
- Sinead O'Connor
- Tom Araya
- Nick Harmer (Death Cab For Cutie)
- Greg Graffin (Bad Religion)
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wow. Patti is not aging well. Best to stay behind the camera.
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