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<\/a>Phil Alvin – Fingerprints Music, Long Beach, CA<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Rocket From The Crypt – Del Mar Race Track, Del Mar, CA<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>X – OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA<\/p><\/div>\n
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My work is about rock and roll, specifically the rock and roll environment I live in, the subculture. In 1980, during high school, I was swallowed up by punk rock in Southern California. That scene was a creative incubator where I developed my vision. Throughout most of the Nineties I took a hiatus from photography \u2013 I moved to San Diego and was managing bands (Rocket From The Crypt, Drive Like Jehu, Big Drill Car, Supernova), then in 2002 I moved to Long Beach, CA, and got a straight job \u2013 I returned to photography around 2005 and started shooting in the streets but I could not resist the call of the sweaty rock clubs that I love so much. So I ended up right back in the rock and roll scene \u2013 Which is how I like it.<\/p>\n
I am a founding member of Steal Music Buy Art collective and a regular contributor to New Noise Magazine. My work has been featured in VICE \/ Noisey, Razorcake, Fox 6 San Diego TV, Album covers, books and periodicals and websites all over the world.<\/p>\n
February 2017 – “Family Gatherings” My first book was published by Stolen Tuxedo<\/p>\n
Select Shows, 2016: Somatic Gallery – Long Beach, Liberty Gallery – Long Beach, Joy Gallery – San Francisco, Crew – Costa Mesa, Phonography – Los Angeles, Los Angeles Punk Rock Museum – Los Angeles<\/p>\n
Selected images:<\/p>\n
<\/a>Phil Alvin – Fingerprints Music, Long Beach, CA<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>Rocket From The Crypt – Del Mar Race Track, Del Mar, CA<\/p><\/div>\n
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<\/a>X – OC Fair, Costa Mesa, CA<\/p><\/div>\n
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