One is supposed to have a brief 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 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.
It was when I was working as a sound man for a small thankfully short lived band back in Montreal, that I got a taste for photographing music. Recently it was suggested I post some of the images, so here we are. Rather than design a complex site that takes years to download and which getting around is both slow and frustrating, I’ve kept phatfotos dead simple, so you always know where you are, and for those of you without fat fast lines it’s relatively quick. It’s amazing how many web designers have these squitty little text, blog, news, or whatever boxes ones spends ages scrolling up and down trying to read the small text.
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.
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 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
florida, august 2008
BANDS/ARTISTS BY EVENT
CAMDEN CRAWL 2005
the buzzcocks
hard fi
nine black alps
towers of london
two lone swordsmen
whitey
punters & crowd surfers
COMMON GROUND FESTIVAL 2004
dub pistols
freestylers
moloko
soul
II soul
south
other bands
dj's, vj's & other
DIESEL MUSIC AWARDS 2004
awards
absent kid
the infadels
kasabian
celebs
DIESEL MUSIC AWARDS 2005
award ceremony
black strobe
chalk
crazy girl
el presidente
magic numbers
shuffle
the paddingtons
the pistolas
celebrities & riff raff
HUM
hum punters
hum dj's I
hum dj's II
HYDE PARK CALLING 2006
casbah club
kharma 45
mobile
ocean colour scene
primal scream
rose hill drive
the who
the zutons
INSOMNIACS BALL/KILL ALL HIPPIES
art brut
battle
british sea patrol
mando diao
dogs 2
rifles
white rose movement
KILL ALL HIPPIES
campag velocet@canvas
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 NOVEMBER 25TH, 2006
art brut
low fi funk
pink grease
robots in disguise
roland shanks
sunshine underground
white rose movement
LOVEBOX WEEKENDER 2006
battle
the bees
a beggar’s opera
bugz in the attic
the delilahs
the feeling
groove armada
guilemots
matt harding
hey negrit
jamiroquai
jimmy_cliff
lancaster bombers
little barrie
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
O2 MUSIC FESTIVAL HYDE PARK 2005
peter 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
TEENAGE CANCER TRUST
biffy clyro
bloc party
boned
boy kill boy
the cure
depeche mode
dogs 1
ian gillan
judas priest
mystery jets
razorlight
XFM - REMIX NIGHT@CARGO
campag_velocet
freeform five
freestylers
freq nasty
goldie looking chain sound system
the infadels
rennie pilgrim ft mc chickaboo
south
tremble
whitey@cargo
dj’s and visuals
'punters'
SUMMERFEST 2008
akon
keyshia cole
michelle del amore
lil wayne
LINKS
leyline promotions
xfm
visionary
underground
OTHER
rupert d'eton
PRINTS
Copies of all images are available. Please contact the photograqpher at info@phatfotos.co.uk - and include both music and print in the subject.
