Warped Tour Fans 2006-2008
Posted in Concert, Photography on August 11th, 2008 by Carrie – Be the first to comment
I thought I’d switch things up a little here, and instead of featuring a band, I’m going to feature the people who keep those bands in business–the fans. I will probably do a few posts on fans in the next few months, but today I thought I’d feature a special breed of them…Warped Tour fans!
I’ve shot the Vans Warped Tour for the past three years and the fans never disappoint. You end up with this mixed bag of (mostly) kids, ranging from punks to emo girls to skaters to your average run of the mill teens, all pressed up against the barrier together. While each year seems to bring out less and less mohawks, there’s still a lot of great fashion (and passion) to catch with the lens. It’s fair to say that Warped fans are my favourite to photograph, and it’s something I look forward to each year.
Full gallery here.
Last summer, when I first got to the Warped Tour site, it was dusty and hot and I was incredibly pissed off after having to deal with a bunch of rowdy kids on the GO bus for 2hrs from Toronto to Barrie. I was wanting to call it quits within half an hour. Luckily, the day progressively got better and I was able to catch a lot of interesting perspectives of a number of bands. Say what you want about 30STM, but visually, it was a great show (for a photog, anyway)…Leto walking on the crowd in his white clothes against the blue sky really popped, and so did his makeup.
