Professional Music Photography: It's never too late to start
If Mick Jagger and Keith Richards aren't living proof that you're never too old to rock and roll, perhaps we should turn to the example led by legendary star snapper Joe Bangay.
Although he'd cut his teeth as a young photographer for The Daily Express on Fleet Street, it wasn't until he'd reached the grand old age of 50, that Joe was given his first music assignment.
Finding himself staring through his telephoto lens at Status Quo in the front row of London's renowned Hammersmith Odeon, he was thrown into the visually and sonically stimulating world of live rock music. He knew instantly that he'd found his niche.
From that moment on, he began applying his newsman's instinct to the task of tracking down rising stars and capturing the last relaxed and unguarded moments of artists poised on the brink of public ownership. As Joe's own fame within the industry grew, he glitterati's inner circle – entrusted with the task of documenting the dynamism and flamboyance of the 70s and 80s with his intimate portraits and breathtaking live shots of icons like Madonna, Freddie Mercury, Kate Bush and Bono. He even scored an invitation to photograph Margaret Thatcher making tea in her kitchen.
Over the course of his career, Joe Bangay has amassed an extraordinary collection of iconic portraits and live action performance shots of some of the greatest faces in music, film, television, theatre, sport, ballet and politics.
Now in his 80s, he is undoubtedly the world's oldest working rock and roll photographer and a true inspiration for those of us who thought we were too long in the tooth to follow our dream.
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Gillian Bartlett is a freelance writer, working across film, television and the arts.
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