My Super Extra Bonus Party Photee in The Star today

Betamax Format at HWCH last night.

Hang Sangwich at HWCH last nite

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Hard Working Class Heroes Photography Exhibition

To celebrate its 5th Birthday this year's Hard Working Class Heroes Festival, in association with Bud Rising, will include an International Photography Exhibtion in The POD complex.


Date: 28th - 30th September

Time: 10.00 - 17.00
Admission: FREE
Festival Tickets: €17.50 (one-day) / €33.60 (3-day).

Expanding on their impressive line-up of events Hard Working Class Heroes have announced a special Photography Exhibition in The Pod Complex. The exhibition will be open to public, as well as festival goers, on 29th and 30th September from 10.00 - 17.00, and will include work from established music photographers, up-and-coming new artists and a few very surprising names.

DISPLAYS

'The Rolling Stones: An Unseen Diary' will feature the outstanding work of Christopher Simon Sykes. In 1975, Sykes was commissioned by the Rolling Stones to document the on-stage and backstage action of what was then the largest tour ever mounted, their T.O.T.A (Tour of the Americas). For three months Sykes lived and toured with the Stones, hanging out with them in their hotel rooms, at the venues and on their plane (The Starship). The result? A confidential yet objective vantage point which captures the intimacy of the band's dymanic and portrays the electric of these groundbreaking concerts.

'Visions Of Dylan' is an exclusive exhibition of photographs taken by a select number of well-known Bob Dylan fans. The photos,from amauter snappers such as Ronnie Wood, Patti Smith, Bryan Adams, Tracey Emin, Kate Nash and Lily Cole, will also be available to view online for two weeks. The prints will then be auctioned online, with 100% of profits going to the War Child charity (as chosen by Bob Dylan).

Roger Woolman (AKA The Music Photographer) will head up the Irish and Scandanavian side of the exhibition. For the last decade, Roger has been the leading eye of Ireland's rock photography scene. His client list is a Who's Who of the music industry, including Rolling Stone, EMI, Sony, NME and the BBC.

Roger's work will sit alongside that of emerging photographers based in Ireland and Scandinavia displaying the best of contemporary music
photography from:
Mark Duggan
Dan Dennison
Lili Forberg (YAAAAAAAAAY!)
James Goulden
JP Keating
Dave Kennedy
Aisling O'Neill
Alan Maguire
Loreana Rushe
Shawna Scott
Davey Sexton
Rosanna Wilisoo (Helsingborg, Sweden)

There are plenty of other treats and surprises in store so be sure to keep
an eye on www.hwch.net for more details.

LEND ME YOUR FACE!

The Hard Working Class Heroes launch was on last night in the Palace on Camden Street.I can't believe it's almost a year since last years festival. This year the unsigned bands festival will take place in The Pod Complex which is exciting. Can't wait for it. As well as that, there will also be the music photo exhibition again, with some special guest exhibitors. The amazing Fight Like Apes, The Minutes and Angel Pier played last night at the launch. Fight Like Apes- Love that band. Saw them first in Tower Records a few weeks ago and their tunes have been stuck in my head since. Do check them out if you haven't yet, they are on tour now.

Hard Working Class Heroes shoot Outtakes!

here are (finally) some shots from the HWCH shoot a few months ago, which didn't make it into the editorial, but are still awesome.

Gazz (Butterfly Explosion), Aoife (Moth Complex), Neilo (The Things), Karen (Cowboy X), Eric Eckhart, Caroline (The Radio), Colm (Sickboy), Niamh (Ham Sandwich)




John (The Beat Poets), Una Healy and random skanger


John and Una


Una Healy



Sue (The Radio)


Daragh (Lost)


Neilo (The Things)




Karen (Cowboy X)


Neilo (The Things)


Caroline (The Radio)


Neilo (The Things)


Eric Eckhart


Aoife, Niamh, Karen and Caroline


Eric





Niamh


Niamh


Colm, Aoife, Gazz