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DAN DEACON

 

DAN DEACON 

I’VE BEEN A HUGE FAN OF DAN DEACON’S MUSIC SINCE ABOUT 2005. IT WAS ONE OF THE COOLEST EXPERIENCES OF MY LIFE TO GET TO SHOOT HIS SET AND MEET HIM. HALF WAY THROUGH HIS CONCERT HE YELLED AT ME FROM THE STAGE BECAUSE I WAS INTERRUPTING HIS INSTRUCTIONS TO THE AUDIENCE. DAN DEACON GETS THE PEOPLE AT HIS SHOWS TO DO ALL SORTS OF STUFF. IT’S AN INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCE. WHILE I WAS SHOOTING SOME OF THESE PHOTOS HE YELLED, “IF YOU’RE A PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM, GET THE FUCK OUT OF THE WAY”. I COULDN’T HEAR HIM. I WAS TOTALLY IMMERSED. AND THAT LEVEL OF INEPTITUDE IS SOMETIMES WHAT IT TAKES I GUESS.