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RECENT GIGS
- john altman
- bangbangbang!
- jake bugg ii
- chvrches iii
- dead formats
- fun lovin' criminals ii
- game
- haim
- kao
- knytro
- redlight
- rizzle kicks
- rudimental
One is supposed to have a brief intelligent introduction on a web page, but one never knows what to write without seeming pretentious or silly. I don't know how many I've read thinking, “what a pretentious git”. But some gits take great photos and that's what counts. Met one of the gits recently, and let my tell you, he's even more obnoxious in person. Sad reflection on humanity, especially when the majority of other photographers, even though they are the competition, are generous and helpful.
Since I generally feel uninspired when required to write drivel about myself, I had someone with a gift of the gab scribble something and this is what she came up with:
It was when Tim was working as a sound man for a small thankfully short lived band back in Montréal, that he got a taste for photographing music. Of course in those days it was a Nikkormat camera with slow film, so decent results were hit and miss (like the bands music).
Years, wasted higher education and several countries later, he pitched up in London, where he became a feature as the official photographer at the Notting Hill Carnival and in-house photographer for Leyline promotions and XFM Remix events. Along the way he joined a couple of international photo agencies (Retna and Photoshot/Starstock).
In the meantime, digital photography and the internet appeared on the scene, so unlike anyone else at the time, he threw together a couple of dodgy web pages phatfotos.com (carnival) and phatfotos.co.uk (music).
He would lie if he said he didn't photograph the odd baby, one or two beautifully back-lit aubergines and the occasional wedding (with a "bridezilla from hell") in exotic locations such as Italy, Morocco (try photographing from the top of a camel) and the Tower of London. (He looks pretty James Bondish in a dinner jacket – at least he did before he put on a couple of stone – but that's from living in the US where he just trying to fit in).
He has photographed amazing young bands doomed for obscurity, artists who are now pontificating about complex economic and environmental issues on the world stage, accompanied by presidents and prime ministers, as well as big name talent from Akon to The Who.
From scratch he cooks a mean Beef Wellington with lightly sautéed greens and Patates Gratin Dauphinois (preferably washed down by a semi decent burgundy such as Château Barde-Haut St Emilion Grand Cru (1965)) followed by rhubarb, blackberry and apple crumble.
He speaks French well enough to be extremely insulting.
He takes life very, very seriously and has no pets.
This site is as much a portfolio as an archive for music fans - there are a lot of images for those who can't get enough of a band - so some are a little dodgy. There's also a link through to each band's official website - if I can find it. I have kept it in html format since flash chews up so much processing power and the images can still be viewed on tablets.
Photographing bands in venues where the lighting is diabolical has it's challenges, so I mainly shoot digitally. You know what you've got before you leave the show.
This page is always under construction - since it's a trade off - any page not under construction implies a relationship under destruction......
I've only posted recent stuff. The page is organised by band/artist so one can find any performer and also by venue where the links are duplicated. If I have shot a band more than once, earlier images are sometimes linked in the band's page. Other galleries will get dropped on the page as time goes by, with or without stories.
Enjoy the images. Email me if you have any comments.
Tim holt in not sunny Engalnd, September 2013
BANDS/ARTISTS BY EVENT
DJ/VJ'S
- armand van buuren
- sasha & john digweed
- adam freelander
- eddy temple-morris
- giles peterson & earl zinger
- rennie pilgrim ft mc chickaboo
- xfm dj’s and visuals
- hum dj's I
- hum dj's II
CAMDEN CRAWL 2005
- the buzzcocks
- hard fi
- nine black alps
- towers of london
- two lone swordsmen
- whitey
- punters & crowd surfers
COMMON GROUND FESTIVAL 2004
DIESEL MUSIC AWARDS 2004
DIESEL MUSIC AWARDS 2005
- award ceremony
- black strobe
- chalk
- crazy girl
- el presidente
- magic numbers
- shuffle
- the paddingtons
- the pistolas
- celebrities & riff raff
HARD ROCK CALLING 2013
- alabama shakes
- the black crowes
- zac brown band
- deaf havana
- the flamin' groovies
- mayer hawthorne
- miles kane
- kasabian
- klaxons
- kodaline
- lower than atlantis
- bruce springsteen & the e street band
- the twang
- twin atlantic
- paul weller
HUM
HYDE PARK CALLING 2006
KILL ALL HIPPIES
- dragster
- eighties matchbox b-line disaster
- elviss
- little barrie
- my red cell
- planet of women
- the rakes
- riff random
- six. by seven
- towers of london
- trap 2
- vatican dc
- weapons of mass belief
- youth of britain
- 'punters'
KILL ALL HIPPIES/INSOMNIACS BALL - SeOne 2006 I
KILL ALL HIPPIES/INSOMNIACS BALL - SeOne 2006 II
- art brut II
- low fi funk
- pink grease
- robots in disguise
- roland shanks
- sunshine underground
- white rose movement
LOVEBOX WEEKENDER 2006
- little barrie
- battle
- the bees
- a beggar's opera
- bugz in the attic
- jimmy cliff
- the delilahs
- the feeling
- groove armada
- guillemots
- matt harding
- hey negrit
- jamiroquai
- lancaster bombers
- the longcut
- lorraine
- misty’s big adventure
- new young pony club
- giles peterson & earl zinger
- rodrigo y gabriela
- rumble strips
- son of dave
- secret stealth
- starling
- white rose movement
LOVEBOX 2012: A DECADE OF LOVE
- azari and iii
- chic ft nile rodgers
- crystal fighters
- lana del rey
- friendly fires
- golden filter
- groove armada iii @lovebox 2012
- hot chip
- grace jones ii @lovebox 2012
- little dragon
- magnetic man
- mika
- rapture
- rita ora
- dot rotten
- maverick sabre
- saint saviour
- stooshe
O2 MUSIC FESTIVAL HYDE PARK 2005
- pete doherty & babyshambles
- basement jaxx
- james blunt
- the bravery
- echo & the bunnymen
- jj72
- kasabian
- keane
- lcd soundsystem
- the mitchell brothers
- moby
- ralph myerz & jack herren band
- new order
- the others
- roots manuva
- soulwax
- lady sovereign
- supergrass
- stereo mc's
- telepopmusik
- rufus wainwright
- punters - atmosphere
O2 MUSIC FESTIVAL HYDE PARK 2006
- boy least likely to
- james blunt
- thomas dolby
- depeche mode
- the ells
- the freestylers
- killa kella
- nizlopi
- paol nutini
- beth orton
- joe purdy
- emma rohan
- the upper room
- zero 7
REWIND FESTIVAL 2012
- adam ant
- marc almond @rewind
- rick astley
- the bangles
- the christians
- doctor & the medics
- five star
- roland gift
- grandmaster flash
- kool & the gang
- the lightning seeds
- john parr
- right said fred
- sinitta
- heather small
- jimmy sommerville
- soul ii soul
- starship
- the straits
- t'pau
- midge ure
- wang chung
REWIND FESTIVAL 2013
- abc
- aswad
- steve augeri
- b-52s
- blancmange
- blow monkeys
- laura-bell bundy
- belinda carlisle
- paul carrack
- cutting crew
- drowning men
- go west
- steve harley
- chesney hawkes
- heaven 17
- imagination
- nik kershaw
- matt bianco
- billy ocean
- the orchestra
- the pointer sisters
- sugar hill gang
- then jerico
- kim wilde
SOMERSET HOUSE - SUMMER SERIES 2012
- devlin ii @somerset house
- ms. dynamite
- p. money
SUMMERFEST 2008
SUNFEST 2009
- 311
- bettye lavette
- the mae shi
- steve miller band
- pennywise
- pepper
- pennywise
- pepper
- darrell raines
- solillaquists of sound
- spam allstars
TRU COLORS TOUR 2008
ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010
VANS WARPED TOUR ALEXANDRA PALACE 2013
- a day to remember
- billy talent
- blood command
- chiodos
- coheed and cambria @ally pally
- enter shikara
- hacktivist
- hatebreed
- jim lockey and the solemn sun
- lonely the brave
- the maine
- memphis may fire
- parkway drive
- rdgldgrn
- rise against @ally pally
- wax
- we came as romans
- the wonder years
- yellowcard
WIRELESS MUSIC FESTIVAL 2011
- battles
- the black eyed peas
- chase & status
- chromeo
- j.cole
- jodie connor
- devlin
- devotchka
- roky erickson
- example
- fight like apes
- funeral party
- the hives
- grace jones
- alexis jordan
- ke$ha
- natalia kills
- labrinth
- bruno mars
- metronomy
- the naked & famous
- neon trees
- plan b
- the pretty reckless
- pulp
- the streets
- tinie tempah
- tv on the radio
- yuck
WILDERNESS FESTIVAL 2011
- antony & the johnsons
- aloe blacc
- dionne bromfield
- dry the river
- gogol bordello
- guillemots
- hayseed dixie
- robyn hitchcock
- daniel johnson
- the low anthem
- mercury rev
- jack savoretti
- c.w. stoneking
- toots & the maytals
WILDERNESS FESTIVAL 2012
- boy
- jake bugg
- king charles
- cloud control
- crystal fighters @wilderness
- field music
- giant giant sand
- grant lee buffalo
- lianne la havas
- sharon jones & the dap kings
- to kill a king
- benjamin francis leftwich
- willy mason
- jenny o
- rodrigo y gabriella & the cuba orchestra
- spiritualized
- the staves
- stornoway
- the temper trap
- we were evergreen
- wilco
OTHER
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