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alyssa scheinson photography

for those about to rock

About Me


www.alyssasgallery.com
daily photo log
live journal
For assignments, rates, a complete stock list of musicians, and other info email me. I'm available for concert photos, events, portraits, press photos, album artwork, candids, editorials, baby photography, etc.
* I do have indie rates *
Credits include VH-1, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Guitar Player, Alternative Press, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, New York Press, LA Times, Seattle Weekly, NPR, YM, Rockpile, The Independent, Gotham, Portland Mercury, Amplifier, Comes with a Smile, The Big Takeover, Relix, American Songwriter, Devil in the Woods, ATO Records, Barsuk Records, Everloving Records, Big Hassle, BSG PR, Fender Guitar, Martin Guitar, They Might Be Giants CD artwork, and Mike Errico CD artwork.
My work has been displayed at the Here is New York Gallery in SOHO; the "Hope" exhibition at Madame Tussaud; and "Life of the City" exhibition at the MOMA.
Check out some of the feedback I received from some of the nicest, talented people I have been fortunate enough to work with:
"stellar live shots and portraiture. alyssa's always in the trenches, and, as an added bonus, is reliable, efficient, and happens to be a total sweetheart."
-Alison Zero, Girlie Action Media & Marketing
"Alyssa captured the energy of our show, and did it all without ever getting in the way of the performance"
-John Flansburgh, They Might be Giants
"Alyssa Scheinson is not only a pleasure to deal with but her photos kick ass."
-Jim Merlis, Geffen Records
"Your photos are wonderful!! You are really an incredible photographer. And John said he had a great time working with you."
-John Frusciante's (of The Red Hot Chilipeppers) Publicist
"Hey Alyssa!...The pics are great."
-Nick Arson, The Hives
"alyssa!!!...im amazed! these pix ruuuule!...thank you!"
-Ben Kweller
"alyssa...WOW!! they turned out so good!! ...you even caught me laughing a couple times!! holy moly. good job."
-Kenny, American Analog Set
"Alyssa!! Wow thank you very very much! They came out really nice... it was nice meeting you!!"
-Jimmy LaValle, The Album Leaf
"Those turned out great!!! Wow!...Thanks so much!!"
-Jimmy LaValle, The Album Leaf
"Hey Alyssa...your pics from the NY Webster show are great! Thanks for making us look good..."
-Glynn, Nic Armstrong & The Thieves
"Thanx so much for the photos, Alyssa! They're really great..."
-Max, The High Speed Scene
"Your photos are seriously great. Love the Ash & PJ Harvery shots, but they're all really impressive."
-Andy, Ivy/Brookville
"...your stuff is amazing... colors, composition, everything... i'd be honored if you'd shoot me someday..."
-Cary Brothers
"Thank you very much. those pics look great."
-Sean Lennon
"Great shots! Epic pic of PJ!...thanks, Alyssa..."
-Brian Ray, Paul McCartney's touring guitar player
"your shots are great..."
-Jeff Russo, Tonic
"...awesome photo..."
-Jordan Galland, Dopo Yume
"Alyssa Alyssa Alyssa!! WOW! what an amazing eye you've got...We are all super impressed with your photos and subjects...Beautiful!! ...Those photos of us ROCK!!"
-Simon, Steadman
"beautiful work, alyssa!!!!...very impressive and i thank you for your talent, imagination, and effort."
-Jack Rabid, Big Takeover Magazine
"Alyssa is the ultimate professional; whether it’s compelling live performance shoots or intriguing posed sessions, she’s where she’s supposed to be, at the time she’s supposed to be there, to get the perfect shot. "
-Joe Joyce, Amplifier Magazine
"...I like your photos. They seem straight-forward and honest."
-Anthony Molina, Mercury Rev
"...Love your photos!"
-Alex Thomas, Badly Drawn Boy
"Alyssa, You are truly amazing and I can't thank you enough. You made me feel so relaxed and comfortable...Everyone absolutley loves your work...You ROCK!!!!"
-Arthur Lynn, Angiescreams
"...thanks for shooting us!...the photo's are great btw, you've really captured the mood. thanks from me and the band!"
-Glynn Wedgewood, IV Thieves
"These look excellent! Really!...Thanks so much..."
-Max Tepper, The Natural History
"the photos of BRMC look great! I have many favorites."
-Guitar Player Magazine
"alyssa these are great, again!...thank you again - i love it when you take these live pictures."
-Steve Schiltz, Longwave
"really enjoyed these shots....your eyes know details, for sure. i like the quality of your black and white portraits too...very visceral (like Avedon)"
-Alexander Nixon, Gotham Magazine
"Alyssa! It was such a pleasure working with you! We all sincerely LOVED the work you did for us..."
-James Brogan, Primed Entertainment
"Alyssa has the ability to quickly capture the essence of her subjects and provide a compelling and artisitic vision of them. She is a truely exceptional photographer and we've always been delighted to work with her."
-Yuzuru, Changing Modes
"Your photos are amazing. True art. The stuff from the Interpol show nailed their music. Hands down the best rock photography I've ever seen."
-George, Full Color Radio PR
"...They are exquisite, we really love them!! BW was a great idea - the images are very dramatic, energetic and beautiful...Thank you so much for the wonderful pictures."
-Yuzuru, Changing Modes
"...I'm in awe of the power of your images."
-Full Color Radio
"good job."
-Rolling Stone (Sigur Ros Photo)
"Oooh, These are really nice too...I really like your work"
-Guitar Player Magazine (Longwave Photos)
"I took a look at your site and it's really nice...Your pictures look very good"
-Bob Gruen
"I think the photos look great."
-Brendan, Wheat
"Ooh ... I love these...Thanks so much—keep up the superlative work"
-Kyle Fischer, Rainer Maria
"We really love these photos..."
-Capitol International (Doves Photos)
"thank you sooooooooooo much for taking these, they by far are the best ones i have seen of us. you are extremely talented!"
-Benzos
"It was a pleasure meeting the talent behind such lovley photographs. We hope to work with you in the near future."
-Sons Of Sound
"Hi Alyssa...We really loved the last set from Roseland. They turned out great!"
-Robbers on High Street
"Hey Alyssa, Really dig your photos."
-Rishi, The High Dials
"...they're super great.it's like some kind of perfect b&w. thanks for everything."
-Mark Mulcahy
"wow! your stuff is amazing. thanks."
-David Mead

My Interests

photography, music, music documentaries, tai-chi, meditation, ping pong, pinball, wiffle ball, mini-golf, tennis, flickr

I'd like to meet:

bands, musicians, publicists, managers, writers, magazines, film photographers (esp those in the music industry), people outside of nyc, people in nyc, people who need a roommate!

people who will pay me for my work.

music dorks.

Music:

band's i've photographed:adem, the album leaf, alfie, alice in chains, alkaline trio, the all american rejects, ambulance ltd, american analog set, amina, ...and you will know us by the trail of dead, anthrax, aqualung, arctic monkeys, armor for sleep, nic armstrong and the thieves, art brut, ash, richard ashcroft, aslyn, audioslave, avenged sevenfold, azure ray, the bacon brothers, badly drawn boy, the bad plus, bauhaus, beastie boys, tony bennett, benzos, black rebel motorcycle club, frank black, blindside, james blunt, blur, the boy least likely to, brand nubian, the bravery, bright eyes, british sea power, broken social scene, ian brown, burning airlines, buzzcocks, dennis cahlo, calla, the cardigans, cody chesnutt, the children's hour, chuck d, citizen cope, coheed and cambria, coldplay, cold war kids, phil collins, communique, the cooper temple clause, billy corgan, corn mo, the cribs, sheryl crow, crowded house, evan dando, the dandy warhols, dave davies, howie day, death cab for cutie, the decemberists, gavin degraw, rocco deluca and the burden, dido, dir en grey, dopo yume, doris henson, doves, minnie driver, duran duran, eagles of death metal, earlimart, editors, eisley, elefant, mike errico, the faint, the feeling, the fever, fiction plane, neil finn, flickerstick, flogging molly, ben folds, fountains of wayne, franz ferdinand, john frusciante, of the red hot chilipeppers, the futureheads, gene, gomez, gorillaz, gov't mule, david gray, adam green, guster, gutbucket, hanson, pj harvey, juliana hatfield, haven, ari hest, H2O, high speed scene, the hives, the honorary title, idaho, idlewild, incubus, international noise conspiracy, interpol, IV thieves, ben jelen, johnny juice, kaiser chiefs, kasabian, keane, kaki king, josh klinghoffer, ben kweller, patti labelle, ben lee, sean lennon, sondre lerche, the libertines, living things, locked in a vacancy, longwave, lost prophets, tony lucca, jesse malin, mando diao, marilyn manson, johnny marr, matisyahu, dave matthews, matt pond PA, john mayer, megadeth, mercury rev, metric, rhett miller, mission of burma, mobius band, modest mouse, pharoahe monch, morcheeba, alanis morissette, morningwood, travis morrison, morrissey, jason mraz, mark mulcahy, muse, the music, mxpx, my chemical romance, my morning jacket, nada surf, the national, the natural history, vince neil, new found glory, stevie nicks, nightmare of you, nine inch nails, ok go, the oohlas, beth orton, patrick park, tom petty and the heartbreakers, liz phair, phantom planet, pitty sing, placebo, P.O.D., the police, jonny polonsky, the pretenders, the prom, radiohead, robert randolph and the family band, rasputina, the realistics, the redwalls, reggie and the full effect, rem, damien rice, johnathan rice, rilo kiley, ringside, rival schools, robbers on high street, sam roberts, roman candle, saints and lovers, the scissor sisters, scout, sea ray, she wants revenge, the shins, the sights, sigur ros, sleater-kinney, the sleepy jackson, snow patrol, social distortion, sonic youth, south, the spinto band, tobin sprout, chris stamey, starsailor, steadman, stellastarr, stereolab, stereophonics, the stills, sting, story of the year, the strokes, sugarcult, supergrass, surefire, tegan and sara, they might be giants, thirty seconds to mars, the thrills, tight fit, U2, the used, vhs or beta, rufus wainwright, walking concert, weezer, wheat, the white stripes, wilco, astrid williamson, the winter pageant, rachael yamagata, yellowcard, you am i, the zutons

Movies:

heima, juno, stranger than fiction, once, the fearless freaks, almost famous, dig!, garden state, lost in translation, spinal tap, say anything, gerry, road trip, safe men, singles, empire records, walking and talking, daytrippers, fast times, the wild life, the outsiders, rockstar, hard to hold, north shore

Television:

freaks and geeks, huff, curb your enthusiasm, flight of the conchords, 24, it's always sunny in philadelphia, the office, scrubs, everwood, gilmore girls, degrassi, queer as folk, simpsons, family guy, south park, vh-1 classic, the young ones, my so called life, fifteen, bands on the run, the facts of life, family ties

Heroes:

mom and dad, grandma bess and grandma lillie, linda mccartney

My Blog

bon jovi

bon jovi, giants stadium, nj, 6/11/89.skid row and billy squier opened the show.this was the closest i came to the photo pit as a kid (14). point and shoot. super high stage. brought a camera with me ...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:42:00 PST

pearl jam

Pearl Jam at MSG, 6/24/08, on Blender:click hereten was my favorite album in high school, so covering this show was huge for me. i was very happy to hear "why go" the 3rd song in, but sad to be escort...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:28:00 PST

Radiohead--Blender Photo of the day

click here...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:11:00 PST

lauren harris

lauren harris, msg, nyc, 6/15/08.click here for more photos...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:53:00 PST

the kooks

the kooks, terminal 5, nyc, 6/11/08.fan artclick here for more photos...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 03:50:00 PST

Blender Magazine Photo of the Day

Check it out:click here...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:14:00 PST

hotel cafe

hotel cafe tour featuring cary brothers, joshua radin, and priscilla ahn at irving plaza, nyc, 3/24/08.click here for more photos...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:13:00 PST

serj tankian

serj tankian at terminal 5, nyc, 5/14/08.click here for more photos...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Thu, 15 May 2008 02:00:00 PST

Road Recovery

Road RecoverySlash, Tom Morello, Perry Farrell, Jerry Cantrell, Sen Dog, Denis Leary, Jakob Dylan, Wayne Kramer, Ours, Joseph Arthur, and more, at the Road Recovery 10th Anniversary Show at Nokia Thea...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Tue, 13 May 2008 07:12:00 PST

Perry Farrell

Perry Farrell at the Road Recovery 10th Anniversary Show at Nokia Theatre, NYC, 4/17/08.click here for more photos...
Posted by alyssa scheinson photography on Wed, 07 May 2008 09:50:00 PST