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Greg Jacobs.

Greg’s work is about rock and roll, specifically the rock and roll environment(s) he lives in, the subculture. In 1980, during high school, he was swallowed up by punk rock in Southern California. That scene was a creative incubator where he developed his vision. Throughout most of the Nineties he took a hiatus from photography – Greg moved to San Diego and was managing bands (Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Big Drill Car, Supernova), then in 2002 he moved to Long Beach, CA, and got a straight job – He returned to photography around 2005 and started shooting in the streets but could not resist the call of the sweaty rock clubs that he loves so much. So he ended up right back where he started, in the music scene – Which is how he likes it.

He is a founding member of the art collective STEAL MUSIC BUY ART.

He is a regular contributor to New Noise Magazine and The Vinyl District, his work has appeared in VICE / Noisey, Razorcake, Fox 6 TV San Diego, Books, Album covers, periodicals and websites world wide.

inquiries: ribeye@ribshots43.com

demented and sad, but social

Selected Shows and usages:

2016 – Long Beach Artists – Group Show – Liberty Gallery (October)
2016 – State of the Arts! with The Mayor of LB – Group Show – Liberty Gallery (September)
2016 – arTherapy – Group Show – Liberty Gallery (July)
2016 – Punk Rock and Paintbrushes – Group show – Somatic Gallery (June)
2016 – VICE / Noisey – Descendents photos used (April)
2016 – New Noise Magazine – Rancid Photo Gallery (April)
2016 – New Noise Magazine – Descendents Photo Gallery (April)
2016 – Razorcake – Adolescents photos used (March)
2016 – WE Labs – Group Show – 5 Images
2016 – London Has Fallen Movie – Image included Manhattan scenes
2016 – Album Cover – International Swingers – Self Titled

2015 – Long Beach, CA – Somatic Good Fortune Gallery – 3 person show (December)
2015 – New Noise Magazine – Hi Fi Rock Fest Gallery (October)
2015 – New Noise Magazine – Social Distortion Gallery (September)
2015 – New Noise Magazine – Stiff Little Fingers Gallery (August)
2015 – Group Show – Phonography – Angel City Brewery / Gallery
2015 – Punk Globe (Best of) Book – Images used on cover and interior
2015 – Costa Mesa – The Lab Anti-Mall – Crew Salon – Solo Exhibition
2015 – Long Beach – Stateside Crafts – Solo Exhibition (5/2015 – Present)
2015 – Los Angeles – Facha Potata Gallery – Group Show (4/2015)
2015 – Los Angeles – Steal Music Buy Art – Solo Exhibit and Group Show (3/2015)

2014 – Hollywood, CA – Los Angeles Punk Museum – Group show – 8 images included (10/2014)
2014 – Costa Mesa, CA – Memphis Soule – Solo Exhibition (9/2014 – 11/2014)
2014 – San Diego FOX Channel 6 news – Fluf image used (2/2014)
2014 – Itoya – Skutr bag packaging/tags/booth walls
2014 – imdb.com – Marina Zenovich image used

2013 – Blurt Magazine – Superchunk image used
2013 – Tell Me Something – Book, images of Michael Apted, Doug Pray and Marina Zenovich included
2013 – Photo used in Audio Book packaging “In Case We Die” by Danny Bland – Fantagraphix
2013 – Group Show “Doggie Tales” – Hatakeyama Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – “Runner-up Favorite in Show”
2012 – Group Show “Vehicles” – Hatakeyama Gallery, Los Angeles, CA – “Runner-up Favorite in Show”

Thx Weave – you rule.

Above photo used with permission by Javier Clift at the Holi Festival of Color.