We are so excited to announce that Michael has been signed to Rock Paper Photo, the world’s most impressive collection of fine art music photography! To be included in the company of Jim Britt, Jay Blakesberg, and Ian Dicksonand so many others is an amazing honor. Please check out the press release below and visit Michael’s gallery to view and purchase a limited edition custom fine art print,and browse around the RPP collection – it’s a treasure trove!
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When Radiohead played the Roseland Ballrom in New York in late September, photographerMichael Jurick had a couple of problems on his hand. First, not to get too drawn into the “musical nirvana” happening on stage as the band broke into a hard-driving turn of “Morning Mr. Magpie.” And second, overcoming the wholly inadequate stage lighting. “I had a burst of inspiration whenThom Yorke moved into the light,” recalls the New York-based photographer. What followed, in his words, was “a true moment of photography bliss!“ Rolling Stone thought so, too, as it ran a shot from Michael’s club date in a full-page story on the special intimacy of New York club shows. “I follow the intensity of the band on stage and I feed off that intensity and try to bottle that in my photographs,” Michael says.
When Radiohead played the Roseland Ballrom in New York in late September, photographerMichael Jurick had a couple of problems on his hand. First, not to get too drawn into the “musical nirvana” happening on stage as the band broke into a hard-driving turn of “Morning Mr. Magpie.” And second, overcoming the wholly inadequate stage lighting. “I had a burst of inspiration whenThom Yorke moved into the light,” recalls the New York-based photographer. What followed, in his words, was “a true moment of photography bliss!“ Rolling Stone thought so, too, as it ran a shot from Michael’s club date in a full-page story on the special intimacy of New York club shows. “I follow the intensity of the band on stage and I feed off that intensity and try to bottle that in my photographs,” Michael says.
A 25-year veteran of the New Orleans Jazz Heritage Festival, Michael has built a winning reputation for concert photography in venues of any size. This week Rock Paper Photo welcomes Michael to our online gallery, presenting a notable collection of energy-capturing images of Radiohead (opening its latest US tour this week in Miami), Phish, Green Da yand others. Michael’s work is available for purchaseas fine art Archival Pigment prints in hand-signed numbered editions.
Michael, who also runs a thriving family portrait business, began developing his artistic passion at Tulane in the late 80’s. “Taking mental pictures at swampy juke joints and legendary music clubs of New Orleans, I soaked up and processed every last drop of that visual gumbo,” he says. After leaving the Big Easy for the Big Apple, Michael shot for the late night live music TV program, “ABC In Concert.” The all-access provided by ABC gave him entrée into music clubs and theaters, and his shutter began to click.
Over the last decade Michael has traveled cross-country shooting the densely-packed lineups of festival tours. He is also the senior house photographer for Bowery Presents and works numerous New York venues, from Brooklyn Bowl to Roseland. That means on any given night, if you’re out catching live music at a venue in New York, chances are you’ll run into Michael Jurick (like we did two weeks ago in front of the stage at Radio City). Just don’t expect him to stand in one place for long, because, for Michael, it’s all about boundless energy, and seeing the light.
Credit: Thom Yorke by Michael Jurick, Roseland Ballroom, New York, September 29, 2011
