Wetzel's Nestle

Blane Fonda, originally uploaded by Christopher Hiltz.

Blane Fonda, originally uploaded by Christopher Hiltz.

On Friday the Chicago band known as Blane Fonda played at Darkroom in Ukranian Village. These shots of are of the singer, Mark Wetzel. What I like about them is their seeming lack of time and context--it looks like they could be from 1974 as easily as 2009. Kids these days, with their dance rock music and shredded denims...

More where that came from.

Lens is Proximity

Last weekend Travis Wiggins recruited me to shoot some promotional photos for his band, Essex Chanel, in preparation for the media blitz he is preparing to unleash on the world in conjunction with the release of the new album Love is Proximity. After the official photo session wrapped, a party erupted in The Wigg's Edgewater studio space. Travis and Allison took the opportunity to play a few songs from the new album, and I took the opportunity to take some more photos in a more spontaneous, intoxicated fashion.

SXCHNL 1, originally uploaded by Christopher Hiltz.

SXCHNL 5, originally uploaded by Christopher Hiltz.

SXCHNL 3, originally uploaded by Christopher Hiltz.

The posed (sober) shots from the evening will be out there very soon, and knowing The Wiggs, and his penchant for promotion, you'll be seeing them all over the place.