justin scurti

DOOMRIDERS @EUROPA DECEMBER 4th 2011

2011-12-05T15:48:00.001-05:00

Last night DOOMRIDERS came to Brooklyn straight off their European tour with Kvelertak. These guys were loud, tight and pummeling! Always one of my favorites and last night was no difference.

ALL PIGS MUST DIE SECRET SHOW @SAINT VITUS BAR NOV. 4th 2011

2011-12-02T15:46:00.001-05:00

Our good buddies ALL PIGS MUST DIE graced us at SAINT VITUS to play a secret set after their show at Gramercy Theater. This was by far the best i have seen these guys play and i've seen a lot of them. If you don't know who they are go out and pick up their new record GOD IS WAR... It's absolutely EPIC!!!

HOT SNAKES @BELL HOUSE DEC. 1 2011

2011-12-02T12:46:00.001-05:00

Last night i got to see one of my favorite bands re-unite. I thought i had seen the last of HOT SNAKES back on June 1st 2005 when i saw them at their last ever London UK gig. Then i really thought I'd never see them again at their final NYC show on August 9th 2005 at the Bowery Ballroom.

I was teased last year when OBITS and NIGHT MARCHERS played a secret gig together in Park Slope Brooklyn thinking for sure they would have to do an encore together as HOT SNAKES but no avail. Then i got word that at the same gig in San Diego they did in fact re-unite as HOT SNAKES leaving me with suspicions they would one day play again.

And finally last night on December 1st 2011 it happened at the Bell House in Park Slope Brooklyn. Word's can not describe how incredible every aspect of this show was. From old friends to the most perfect guitar tones to a phenomenal set list. Hat's off to you HOT SNAKES... well done!

MICHAEL ANGELAKOS of PASSION PIT

2010-11-21T15:28:00.000-05:00

PASSION PIT on GOVERNORS ISLAND 6/30/10

2010-11-21T15:14:00.008-05:00

Here is PASSION PIT. I had the pleasure of touring with these guys for a good part or 2010 just as they were growing to a full production tour. We had lights, lights and more lights. On this particular beautiful night on Governors Island, NY the production team needed FAA clearance for the light show as the high beams could interfere with Airline traffic. Really glad to call these guys friends and looking forward to more great dance tunes in the future.

ADAM LAZZARA

2010-11-09T15:23:00.000-05:00

Here are some extra photos i have of Adam, singer and showman of TAKING BACK SUNDAY that i also wanted to share. Enjoy

TAKING BACK SUNDAY at STARLAND BALLROOM 6/22/10

2010-11-09T14:45:00.001-05:00

Here is another set from the very first original line-up TAKING BACK SUNDAY show in NJ. The pictures show how stoked the crowd was and how nervous the band was. Right away though the guys jumped right back on that horse and gave us an amazing show.

TAKING BACK SUNDAY 6/23/10

2010-11-07T12:58:00.004-05:00

Here are a few of a million shots i took of some of my best friends doing the goddamn thing. TAKING BACK SUNDAY back on stage with all original members just killing it. Glad to see these guys with smiles and loving what they do. Can't wait to see them again after the new record is released. GoodLuck guys!!!

ACID TIGER BUSHWICK BROOKLYN 6/17/10

2010-07-28T10:51:00.001-04:00

ACID TIGER are by far my favorite new band out there these days. And they're all some of the best dudes i know. Always a great time to watch them kill it every show. Check out their new record on Deathwish Records. SERIOUSLY

NIGHT MARCHERS BROOKLYN NY 7/17/10

2010-07-26T18:03:00.001-04:00

The NIGHT MARCHERS played a secret show in Park Slope Brooklyn and all i had was my hand iPhone Holga. May do a lot for you but you still need to know composition and what looks good in a photo. Too busy rocking to fully document this one. Enjoy!

UNITED NATIONS @CakeShop NYC 1/15/10

2010-01-25T15:22:00.000-05:00

TAKING BACK SUNDAY winter 2008

2009-10-19T17:45:00.000-04:00

So after touring for almost 2 years consistantly with Taking Back Sunday i am finally starting to piece together the images from the days we spent for a photo exhibit this winter with the possibility of another in a much larger scale that may include work from the last 15 years of touring. Keep looking for new posts!

TAKING BACK SUNDAY in the studio 2008

2008-10-29T14:07:00.000-04:00

New cards 10/2008

2008-10-28T16:45:00.000-04:00

The BRONX @ Fontanas NYC 10/21/08

2008-10-22T16:11:00.000-04:00

RIVAL SCHOOLS @ Rebel NYC 10/20/08

2008-10-22T15:37:00.000-04:00

WE ARE SCIENTISTS IN SCOTLAND

2008-04-15T15:45:00.000-04:00

WILLIAMS FIRST T-BALL GAME

2008-04-15T15:39:00.000-04:00

WILLIAMS T-BALL TEAM

2008-04-15T15:37:00.000-04:00

DOWN\BUT NOT OUT photo exhibit

2007-10-10T15:55:00.001-04:00

DOWN\BUT NOT OUT photo exhibit

2007-10-10T15:50:00.001-04:00

DOWN\BUT NOT OUT photo exhibit

2007-10-10T15:44:00.000-04:00

BARGUMENTS

2007-07-12T17:25:00.000-04:00

INSTRUCTION

2007-07-05T17:58:00.000-04:00

HITS IN A BOX!!!

2007-06-27T11:15:00.000-04:00

Here is a shoot i did for ZOMBA records. Zomba is the label group that also houses JIVE records who Justin Timberlake is put out by. They wanted to create a cover for this sales promotional cd playing on the now infamous SNL skit with Justin Timberlake "D*CK IN A BOX". Using one of the labels sales guys, who's name is also Justin, we headed outside the offices of ZOMBA and photographed on 6th ave during rush hour. Just about everyone who passed the shoot sang the song. This was one of the funnest shoots i've gotten to do in a long time.

Room For Improvement

2007-06-26T17:05:00.000-04:00

Effortless Style

2007-06-26T17:03:00.001-04:00

GOD FIRES MAN

2006-11-10T00:38:00.000-05:00

This is a shoot i did for the band GOD FIRES MAN. They needed a shot in a hurry. We were scheduled to shoot on my roof, but mother nature wasn't a very good photo assistant and decided to completely pour. We did do a couple of rolls out in the rain but found this location in my basement while trying to get dry. For a shoot that was scheduled the day before and had to be done in less than an hour in the worst conditions i'm pretty happy with the results.

antoine graton, "MOTEL MONTREAL" album art

2005-12-07T15:27:00.000-05:00

here is an album cover i did for a canadian artist called antoine. the label sent him on a greyhound bus to nyc for the photo shoot. we went scouting for location after a long night of karaoke. we finally picked the now defunct "295 bowery" which was the site of an old bar on bowery where there were multple suicides back in the heyday of the bowery. we had antoine climbing the fire escape in different costumes to sort of do "these are the people" in the hotel. the art director decided on this shot of antoine jumping in the middle of the bowery. check out his site antoinegraton.com for more shots from the day.

radio4, fader magazine

2005-12-04T00:52:00.000-05:00

this is a photo taken of RADIO4 for a double page spread in FADER magazine. i shot this at the legendary speakeasy bar CHUMMLEY'S on bedford street on the west side. The bar is said to be haunted with the ghosts of writers and firemen, both of which frequent the bar. the walls are decorated with first pressing of books and medals of honor. check it out in the winter season and have a pint of "winter warmer", radio4 loved 'em.

radio4, gotham album back cover

2005-12-04T00:50:00.000-05:00

this is the back cover photo for RADIO4's "gotham" album. the record pushed radio4 into the next level of their career. i gotta say i didn't like the way the art director put the photo on the back of the record. i think this is how it should look. but that's just me. this shot was taken at the 71st ave-continental/forest hills train station one evening while i had a 104 degree fever. we went to shoot the band inside the train from the outside. the G train takes 5-10 minute breaks here so we decided to shoot every 10 minutes or so. while waiting for a train i took this photo and it happened to turn out the best of the set. i was diagnosed with pneumonia and fluid in my lungs the very next morning!

injected, guitar world magazine

2005-12-03T15:43:00.000-05:00

this was a shoot of INJECTED for "Guitar World" magazine. i rode in a town car from midtown manhattan to somewhere in the middle of nowhere new jersey with 2 publicists from Island Records to see Injected play a gig that night. we got there early to do the shoot. i had the luck of already knowing D. Grady and the rest of the band through numerous friends, so they trusted me and let me have fun. we shot everywhere in the venue including the bathroom. just when we thought we were done i spotted this in-ground pool out of a window. the sun was setting and we went with it. we wound up shooting another like 10 rolls of film just in the pool. this was the shot "Guitar World" picked to run. definitely one of the most fun shoots i've ever done!

kerry king, slayer

2005-12-03T15:42:00.000-05:00

i'm not sure if these photos need too much explaining. KERRY KING of the legendary SLAYER!!! my favorite band of all time. i've been listening to these guys since i was in the 4th grade. i've gotten the privlege to shoot Slayer a number of times. The first half of this comes from a shoot i did to accompany an interview i did for a magazine called "Muddle".

this was shot in Slayer's dressing room in Asbury park before they played. Kerry was playing video games and didn't really wanna be bothered, so i made it simple for him and just used his dressing room for the background. mainly i did this because i spotted one of his flying V guitars just sitting on the couch. i also shot him playing a racing game on play station.

the live shot is from a show at Roseland Ballroom in NY. i shot this show for a collage that Island Records wanted to use in one of their offices.

nokia unwired tour

2005-12-03T15:41:00.000-05:00

here we have Tyson Ritter from ALL AMERICAN REJECTS and Dan Estrin from HOOBASTANK. i spent a month on the road with these guys during the NOKIA UNWIRED TOUR. on our off days we spent alot of time bowling. these guys were all so much fun to hang out and work with. i look forward to another tour this fun.

idlewild @ irving plaza

2005-12-03T15:40:00.000-05:00

this is a photo of Roddy Woomble from one of my favorite bands IDLEWILD live at Irving Plaza. i've gotten to see IDLEWILD play so many times but this was the only time i got a pass to shoot them. i remember the set being nothing but amazing and hearing all of my favorite songs. check out "Warnings/Promises" their latest record. "The Remote Part" and "100 Broken Windows" are also great records.

dad portrait

2005-12-03T15:35:00.000-05:00

this really is my Dad! i wanted to catch him the way i see him. this is the man who i look up to and who taught me all i need to know. I used a 4x5 camera on black and white polaroid film. i shot this in his backyard and made sure he didn't know i was actually shooting. natural lighting and a slow shutter speed helped get all the detail. this is how i see my dad.

cky, island records

2005-12-03T15:34:00.000-05:00

i was asked to shoot CKY for Island Records at a show in NYC. for those unfamiliar with the band it stands for Camp Kill Yourself and shares the name with a series of skateboarding videos put out by Bam Margera, brother of Jess Margera, CKY's drummer. CKY's music has been featured on the CKY videos, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, as well as the MTV series "Jackass" and "Viva La Bam".

the venue was small and packed with kids obsessed with the band. the place went off from the first note. only one song in and a kid stagedove on my head ripping my flash off its socket. using a chord and a lot of gaffer tape i was able to get it working and continued to shoot the mayhem. the show ended with fireworks off of this guitar. definitely a fire hazard...

autopilot off, island records

2005-12-03T15:33:00.000-05:00

AUTOPILOT OFF are a band i got to work with very frequently. i shot the photos for their first EP on Island Records and also was asked to shoot their promo shots. this was the third shoot i did with them, which became yet another publicity photo for the band. we shot this in an upstairs room in the famous Roseland Ballroom in NYC. it was just before their set supporting Sum41 who they did a bunch of touring with. i caught up with the band again while i was touring with another band and got to shoot them live almost every day for 3 weeks. i love working with these guys.

errortype:11

2005-12-03T15:32:00.000-05:00

Errortype:11 consisted of a bunch of my close friends from NY. they put out several records on Some Records. after breaking up Artie and Adam went on to form the band Instruction with Tom Capone, (of influential band Quicksand), and signed to Geffen Records. i toured with and shot photos of Instruction for the best part of two years.

Ali

2005-12-02T15:28:00.000-05:00

i met Ali while he was on tour with Papa Roach, a rock band on Geffen Records that toured with Instruction. another cool portrait picture.

taking back sunday, detroit 2004

2005-12-02T15:22:00.000-05:00

this photo was taken of Long Island band Taking Back Sunday while i was conincidentally in Detroit on the same day they played. i grew up with Eddie Reyes, their guitar player, and we actually had a band together before he was a big rock star. Adam, their singer, i've known since he was a 16 year old kid in North Carolina. how things change!

Taking Back Sunday "you're so last summer"

2005-12-02T15:20:00.000-05:00

inspectah deck, wu-tang clan

2005-12-02T15:14:00.000-05:00

Inspectah Deck is just one of the many members of the legendary WU TANG CLAN. i shot this set for his solo album on Koch Records. the art director had planned for a "funky 70's" theme shoot and i arranged for a location to fit the bill. Deck showed up with nothing more than these NY Knicks clothes and wasn't into the whole "funk" vibe. so we changed everything and shot out in the streets of NYC's Lower East Side. Avenue B reminded him of his homespot in Staten Island and worked well for the shoot.

the crowd, weezer @ roseland ballroom

2005-12-02T05:58:00.000-05:00