This guy was the official photographer at a Pan American concert at Ravenna – a flashy camera but too obtrusive imho.
A short article at NPR music blog All Songs Considered discusses the pros and cons of allowing people to use mobile phones and cameras at concerts.
This brought to mind the time I went to at a small club in Rimini to see a solo performance by John Cale. This show was back in the days when i-phones were not so ubiquitous – not so very long ago but very hard to imagine now.
Anyway, one punter near the front had a camera phone and started taking shots as soon as Cale came on stage. JC stopped mid song and told this amateur photographer in no uncertain terms to cease and desist. What he would do if he didn’t was left open but given that Cale is built like a rugby player and is not one given to compromise the young Italian wisely put his device away and the show proceeded. Continue reading
