Chloe [has escaped to the beach]

About Me

I'm a freelance concert photographer and makeup artist, currently pursuing my esthetician license and special fx makeup certification.

Some of the bands I've photographed:

30 Seconds to Mars . The Academy Is . AFI . Against Me! . Aiden . Anti-Flag . Annie Stela . As I Lay Dying . Atreyu . Avenged Sevenfold . Bad Religion . Band of Horses . Bloc Party . The Bravery . The Buzzcocks . The Casualties . Chiodos . The Cure . The Dear & Departed . The Dears . The Deftones . The Editors . Emery . Evaline . From First To Last . Garbage . Giant Drag . Gym Class Heroes . Hellogoodbye . Helmet . I Am Ghost . Interpol . James Blunt . Joan Jett and the Blackhearts . Joseph Arthur . KMFDM . Last November . Less Than Jake . Louis XIV . Minus the Bear . Motion City Soundtrack . The New York Dolls . Nine Black Alps . NOFX . The Paper Tongues . Pennywise . Phathom . The Rakes . Red Jumpsuit Apparatus . Rediscover . Rise Against . Royden . Saosin . Scenes From A Movie . Senses Fail . She Wants Revenge . Silverstein . The Smashup . The Spill Canvas . Sponge . Starsailor . Stellastarr . The Stock Market Crash . Street Drum Corps . Thrice . Thursday . Tiger Army . TV On The Radio . Underoath . The Used . VIA . VNV Nation . Wac On Radio . White Rose Movement . Zox . The Zutons

Check out my portfolio here

My Interests

Concerts . Photography . Writing/Books . Music . Anime . Movies . Poetry . History . Eastern Religion . Human/Animal Rights . Vegetarianism/Veganism . Tea . Geisha . Cooking . Urban exploration . Whatever else catches my attention and my ear...

Check out my portfolio here

Shirley Manson of Garbage at HFStival 2005 (Baltimore, MD May 28, 2005)

(Copyright Chloe V Photography)

Steve of I Am Ghost at Warped Tour (Atlanta, GA June 28, 2006)

(Copyright Chloe V Photography)

Nick 13 of Tiger Army at Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (Santa Cruz, CA Sept. 10, 2006)

(Copyright Chloe V Photography)

I'd like to meet:

A like-minded soul. Anyone with a passion for music.

My eternal princess, Chuney. RIP 2/7/07

Me and Jeff from Tiger Army at Warped 07

Me, Anthony from Circa Survive (hella drunk!), some dude, and Oliver Peck! End of Warped Party 07

Some of my Ex-Rockin' Roadies Crew

Me and Lidia with the charming Cove from Saosin.

I'm a rockstar, baby. Me and Steve from I Am Ghost

Music:

Just to name a few ...

AFI . Tiger Army . Dredg . VNV Nation . Placebo . Apoptygma Berzerk . Garbage . Sufjan Stevens . Queen . Aerosmith . David Bowie . She Wants Revenge . Editors . Bloc Party . James Blunt . Thirteen Senses . We Are Scientists . The Venus in Furs . The Cure . The Smiths . Eisley . Tori Amos . Moby . Elliott Smith . Rufus Wainwright . Band of Horses . The White Stripes . Marilyn Manson . Tool . A Perfect Circle . HIM . Son of Sam . Ministry . Interpol . Godspeed You! Black Emperor . Malice Mizer . Incubus . Pete Yorn . Matthew Good Band . Goo Goo Dolls . U2 . Wumpscut . Skinny Puppy . KFMDM . Rammstein . Silverchair . Bush . VAST . Sarah Brightman . Enigma . Enya . Cirque du Soleil . NIN . Postal Service . Death Cab for Cutie . Iron & Wine . 30 Seconds to Mars . The Bravery . The Crimea . The Wallflowers . Joseph Arthur . Lisa Loeb . Elvis Costello . The Mars Volta . Dido . The Eels . Abandoned Pools . Low . The Raconteursl . The Sounds . Yeah Yeah Yeahs . Madonna . Joy Division . Clinic . Assemblage 23 . Arctic Monkeys . I could go on and on...

Davey Havok at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (San Francisco, CA 9/9/06)

(Copyright Chloe V Photography)

Hunter at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (San Francisco, CA 9/9/06)

(Copyright Chloe V Photography)

Davey Havok & Jade Puget at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium (San Francisco, CA 9/9/06)

(Copyright Chloe V Photography)

Movies:

A few... Memoirs of a Geisha . Almost Famous . The Devil Wears Prada . Thumbsucker . The Hours . Saved . Garden State . Amelie . Requiem for a Dream . Ghost World . Angels in America . Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind . Run, Lola, Run . A Home at the End of the World . Babel

Television:

The Office Ugly Betty LA Ink BBC America

Books:

White Oleander is my personal Bible.

Memoirs of a Geisha . Wasted . The Center of Winter . Cry to Heaven . Zen Flesh Zen Bone . Naked . Snow Flower and the Secret Fan . The Joy Luck Club . Diet for a New America . Prozac Nation . The Perks of Being a Wallflower . The Bell Jar . The Awakening . A Density of Souls . The Crow . The Virgin Suicides . A Home at the End of the World . The Hours . Brave New World . Merrick . Go Ask Alice . The Watcher . The Journey Is The Destination: The Journals Of Dan Eldon . A Child Called "It" . Like The Red Panda . Tao Te Ching . Checkers . The Lovely Bones . Falling Leaves . Inheritance . More, Now, Again

So many books, so little time...

Heroes:

Anyone with enough courage to follow their heart... alot of times, me. Does that sound narcassistic enough?

But mostly this man:

My Blog

Needing, seeking nerve

Everytime he texts me, I smile. His wit, his charm, and all that encompasses the amazing person he is. The smiles we could share. The embraces. The light streaming in through the windows early morning...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Sat, 03 May 2008 08:48:00 PST

It’s a really hard to accept...

...that you’re falling for someone you can never be with :(I should be used to it by now.
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Fri, 04 Apr 2008 12:02:00 PST

Let me take you down

Portland has been the new breath I hoped it would be so far. It’s allowed me alot of time of introspection, examining what I really want, and really allowed me to plan out things better. Of cour...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:14:00 PST

"Loneliness is the human condition..."

The wisps of smoke rise around my fingers in a sensual coil, like past lovers' fingers just barely caressing the surface of my skin. Heated, luxurious, and ever poisonous.The echoes of the night befor...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST

A bit of fiction...

Here's an excerpt from a story I've been working on for quite a while now. It's been up and down, and I'm trying to focus more lately. It's inspired by various women I've known throughout my life, and...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:46:00 PST

All that matters is that she is awake . . .

The days and weeks turn to liquid, flowing into one another in an endless stream, inundating me in the sense that the top may be just out of reach. Practicality, in all its patronizing glory, leaves m...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:48:00 PST

L’amour m’a déchiré de nouveau

It's the end for me in the bay. Fitting, as alot has gone down in my time there.It never ceases to amaze me the pain I allow other people to inflict on me. I should just make that my next tattoo idea ...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:31:00 PST

Disneyland, tattoo goddesses, and why I now like Jeffree Star

This weekend was absolute insane fun. There's really no other way to put it. So, instead of simply telling all of you of my many mad adventures, I can show you too!OK, so Friday Lidia, Natasia, and I ...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:08:00 PST

"Alice in Wonderland" meets my arm

The first of three sessions it will take to finish. I'm loving it so far. The photos totally pale in comparison to how great the shading is in real life.Warped Tour tomorrow. Hit me up if you're going...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 03:08:00 PST

All My Life In Boxes

I'm moving to CA in about a month and a half, so I've started the process of going through my mounds of crap, and reducing it dramatically. It's amazing the stuff I've accumulated, and then subsequent...
Posted by Chloe [has escaped to the beach] on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 07:14:00 PST