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chris saunders : photographer

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About Me

Chris Saunders, photographer based in Sheffield, UK and resident snapper of much of that fine city's outstanding music scene. Has also photographed numerous well known actors, comedians, authors, and film directors etc. and has been published in numerous books, cds, magazines, dvds, newspapers etc worldwide. Pics can be seen in the 'pics' bit on here or on my website here . Go looksie.
FAO bands wanting to add me - I'll only add you if I really like your music, no offence. I had a huge rant about music on here until recently but it was starting to take up far too much room but in brief this is what it said -
Have a look at what I like. No Oasis/Beatles/Libertines soundalikes, moronic metal, emo, soft rock, AC/DC / Guns & Roses (though I am a fan) wannabes, dance music with some dopey sounding girl warbling over the top, hip hop going on about bling & putting a cap in yo ass (please listen to how good Public Enemy were), Coldplay/Killers etc stadium rock tedium etc etc etc will be entertained. Neither will bands that sound like whatever the latest 'indie'/NME sensation is at the moment, ie The View, Arctic Monkeys (though I am a fan), Pigeon Detectives, Klaxons, etc etc etc Thank yew.
Recent pics -
Craine
KT Tunstall @ Sheffield Academy
James @ Sheffield Academy
Reverend And The Makers @ Sheffield Academy
Dave Woodcock
Lords Of Flatbush
The Listeners
The Long Blondes
Philippa Hanna
Avangaard
Little Lost David
David Lynch (this is not a recent shot but it's staying here permanently. Because it's David Lynch).
Moisturizer, in New York

My Interests

All the usual guff y'know.

Photography wise the work of (in no particular order of preference) David Lachapelle, Steve Gullick, Kevin Westenberg, Perou, Ross Halfin, Anton Corbijn, Andres Serrano, Steve Pyke, David Bailey, Rankin, Nigel Parry, Loretta Lux, Spencer Tunick, Kevin Cummins, Gregory Crewdson, Platon, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Alastair Thain, Robert Doisneau, Serge Leblon, Richard Avedon, Albert Watson, Arnold Newman, Bill Brandt, Horst, Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Annie Leibowitz, Elliott Erwitt etc

Stand up comedy - Bill Hicks, Doug Stanhope, David Cross, Sam Kinison, Richard Pryor, Steven Wright, Mitch Hedburg, George Carlin, Brendon Burns, Dave Bishop Check em out.

I play the guitar, quite badly.

I play Poker, quite quite badly.

I'd like to meet:

and photograph... Iggy Pop, Keith Richards, Nick Cave, Larry David, David Bowie, Brian Setzer, Bill Murray, anyone who acts/acted in The Wire, The Sopranos, & Twin Peaks, Rage Against The Machine, Sons And Daughters, The Kills, Noisettes, Franke Potente, Sean Penn, Prince, Bjork, Scarlet Johansson, Al Pacino, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dawkins, Luke Rhinehart, George Carlin, Naomi Watts, Paul Auster etc etc etc

Music:

The Stones, Primal Scream, Sly & The Family Stone, The Kills, Iggy, Bowie, Flaming Lips, Richard Hawley, Morphine, Miles Davis, Nick Cave, early Prince, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, Hamell On Trial, Thomas Truax, Reverend & The Makers, Sons & Daughters, Outkast, RATM, Massive Attack, Modest Mouse, Johnny Cash, The Noisettes, The Sonics, Maximo Park, The Stray Cats, Blondie, Isley Brothers, Bill Withers, The Detroit Cobras, The Love Me Nots, Public Enemy, Ben Folds Five, QOTSA, early Mars Volta, At The Drive-In, Acoustic Ladyland, Joy Division, System Of A Down, MC5, Arcade Fire, PJ Harvey, Peaches, Barry Adamson, Disposable Heroes Of Hiphoprisy, Spearhead, Tom Waits, Madonna, Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, early Guns & Roses, Faith No More, Bjork, Patti Smith, The Bellrays, Gil Scott Heron, George Clinton & his various guises, Portishead, Pulp, Angelo Badalamenti, Air, Eels, early Van Halen, early Aerosmith, early Cheap Trick, pre '81 AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Black Crowes, Pixies, Little Lost David, KHLA, Paddy Orange, Rumpus, Dirtyblood, 65 Days Of Static, Screaming Mimi, Viva High Rollers, Monkey Swallows The Universe, Future Ex-Wife, Little Man Tate, Pink Grease, Harrisons, Bromheads Jacket, Pollinates, Arctic Monkeys, The Hosts, Scaramanga Six, Bare Knuckle Soul, The Paddy Orange Project, The Lovers, Stoney, Lucifer Matches, Balor Knights, Chuck, Sukmunki, I Monster, Bison, The Cherokees, The Ape Drape Escape, The Long Blondes, Jody Wildgoose.

*NOT* The Beatles. The most overrated band ever*

Movies:

Everything by David Lynch except Dune, mid period Al Hitchcock, lots of Woody Allen & Coen Brothers, Magnolia, Short Cuts, 70's paranoia like The Parallax View, All The President's Men, The Conversation, Klute etc, Apocalypse Now, Chinatown, Rosemary's Baby, Repulsion, Bitter Moon, Groundhog Day, He Loves Me...He Loves Me Not, Heat, Hidden, Lost In Translation, Royal Tennenbaums, Godfather, Audition, Amelie, Memento, Fight Club, Seven, Taxi Driver, Donnie Darko, Before Sunrise, Before Sunset, Godfather, Delicatessen, 2001, Being John Malkovich, The Last Seduction, numerous Film Noir, Eternal Sunshine, Salvador, Lemming, Man Who Fell To Earth, Halloween, Boogie Nights, Talk Radio, The Apartment, Swingers, Sideways, The Odd Couple, Run Lola Run, 21 Grams, Goodfellas, Man With 2 Brains, Alien, City Of God etc

Television:

The Wire, The Sopranos, Twin Peaks, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Six Feet Under, The Shield, Dexter, Brass Eye, 24, Peep Show, League Of Gentlemen, Fawlty Towers, Edge Of Darkness, Sleeper Cell, Nick Broomfield, Jon Ronson, John Pilger, Louis Theroux (before he started hanging around with famous people) and I like a good hard hitting documentary.

Books:

I don't read enough but....The LA Quartet by James Ellroy, lots of Paul Auster, The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart, The Dirt by Motley Crue, 1984 by George Orwell, Fight Club, Survivor, & Diary by Chuck Palahniuk, Brave New World by Auldous Huxley, The Bonfire Of The Vanities by Tom Wolfe etc.

Heroes:

I met mine and photographed him, some might say "who?", some couldn't care less, some would, and do, say "you lucky fucker" - Bill Hicks. + anyone who stands up for the underdog, freedom of speech etc

My Blog

Photographing David Lynch....

I'm not really a fan of writing blogs, they have to be written by a really good, funny writer who's having lots of stuff that's happening to them which other people would be more than interested in re...
Posted by chris saunders : photographer on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:00:00 PST

Frequently asked questions

I've done this lot because, as is obviously inferred above, I've been getting asked a lot of similar questions. What pissed me off is while I'd happily give answers in response there'd often not be e...
Posted by chris saunders : photographer on Thu, 31 May 2007 07:53:00 PST