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pete

www.petecranston.com

About Me


.. petecranston is a photographer spending most of his time taking pictures of things he likes. mainly bands and people he admires. he is an avid searcher of new and exciting bands and never stops listening to what is out there. he also makes a damn fine mojito and pours a perfect guinness every time. if you want to check out his other work take a look at www.petecranston.com. (THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY BEING REBUILT!)


My Interests

I'm a photographer. I mainly shoot portaits for bands or anyone else that wants one. But, I also produce more abstract work and have my own style when it comes to interiors. I'm particularly interested in producing sleeve artwork for bands.

I'd like to meet:

I'm always interested in meeting people who want to create something new and exciting. Aside from that Bjork, Morrissey, Elvis, Micheal Gondry, and George Orwell all in the same room. Then PJ Harvey later, by myself, tipsy!

Music:

Too much to say here so I'll make it brief. Shadow, Bjork, Arab Strap, Daft Punk, Oasis, Al Green, Datarock, old skool house, Stephen Jones (from Babybird), Kim Hiorthay, Aphex Twin, Norman Jay, Mozart, Lambchop, London Elektricity, Le Knight Club, Alan Braxe, MF Doom, Aim, Belle and Sebastian, Bonnie Prince Billy, Bloc Party, Klaxons, Coldplay, Two Lone Swordsmen, Ravi, Stereolab, Miss Kitten, Kid Loco, Johnny Cash, Orbital, Nick Drake, Pink Floyd, ;(, Dimitri From Paris, White Stripes, Jaga Jazzist, The Knife, TV On The Radio, Chemical Brothers, Autechre, PJ Harvey, Justice, Test Icicles, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bright Eyes, Red Cassette, Inland Knights, Damien Shingleton, Tom Vek, James Brown (RIP), Marva Whitney, Grand National, Mr Scruff, Le Tigre, Blonde Redhead, Damien Rice, Joy Division, Smog, The Streets, Peaches, The Go! Team, The Gossip, Malcolm Middleton, Lucky Pierre, Arctic Monkeys, Origami Biro, Pheonix, Billy Bragg, Art Brut...

Movies:

Weird Science, Lost In Translation, Ong Bak, La Hiene, Amelie, The Last Great Wilderness, Irreversible, Breakfast At Tiffanys, Seul Contre Tous, Battle Royale, All About Lily Chou-Chou, Some Like It Hot, Sult, Jonny Wang, Scratch, Rocky, Trainspotting, Buffalo 66, L.I.E, Breakfast Club, Taxi Driver, Pump Up The Volume, Russian Ark, Man With The Movie Camera, Breathless, You Only Live Twice...

Television:

I don't really watch much, in fact I don't own one. But I do love Later with Jools and Sugar Rush. Oh and I did enjoy This Life (apart from the shite reunion!)and Twin Peaks.

Books:

Trainspotting, Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, The Guardian (the newspaper), 31 Songs, A Drink With Shane MacGowan, White Heat, The Manual (how to have a number 1 the easy way), Don Quixote, Anthropology, Down And Out In Paris And London, Animal Farm, The Rules of Life, Margrave of the Marshes...

Heroes:

Wolfgang Tillmans, Damien Hirst, Marco Pierre White, Bjork, Aidan Moffat, Michael Gondry, me Dad, Sam Taylor Wood, Shane MacGowan, anyone who is trying something different whilst still being themselves...