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Welcome to Front Rows, Pits and Pavements, the website of photographer Carsten Windhorst (that would be me). Click on any of the four categories below - i.e. Live Photography, Portrait Photography, Video Production Stills, Reportage - to see a selection of my portfolio shots or scroll down to read my blog. To find out more about me, check out my Biography or head to the Tearsheets section of the site to see where my photos have been published. Last but not least, if you want to get in touch, please send an email to carsten.windhorst@gmail.com. Enjoy your stay!

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ARCHIVE
Blasts from the past...

28 August 2011
Let's take a break from V

There are more V Festival photos to come but let's look at some Metronomy photos from their Paris show in July instead.
View the 'Metrononmy' gallery



26 August 2011
SPIN me around

Well, it's taken me a while but I finally have a double page spread in US music magazine SPIN. My shot of Björk opens the Soundcheck section of the magazine's September issue - see the scan below. I haven't seen the physical copy yet but there may be a slight resolution loss as they cropped the original shot a fair bit. For more Björk shots check out the link below.
View the 'Björk' gallery



25 AUGUST 2011
The first batch of V shots

It's the end of August (well almost) so that can only mean one thing - it's time for V Festival photos again. I haven't shot a lot of festivals this year as I find them pretty boring for the most part. Unless you shoot the performers in the tents, the photos taken in the pits of the outdoor stages tend to look pretty generic. Daylight may make it easier to take photos but it doesn't make for more interesting shots, that's for sure. There are some exceptions of course - Plan B for example had a giant backdrop when he performed on the main stage, well and Rihanna looked rather lovely and came on around 7.30pm as the sun was starting to set. Anyway, here is the first batch of my V photos...
View the 'Rihanna' gallery • View the 'Plan B' gallery • View the 'Hurts' gallery • View the 'Katy B' gallery • View the 'Professor Green' gallery



19 August 2011
Chase & Status reposted

Last November I was approached by Universal to supply photos for the CD booklet of the new Chase & Status album, and also provide images for the DVD photo gallery included in the deluxe edition of the record. I had shot Chase & Status just a few weeks earlier and everyone involved in the project really liked the photos I had of the guys. Below is a scan of the CD booklet which includes 5 of my images if I remember correctly (there are more on the DVD). I have also reposted the original gallery so you can now see large versions of the shots.
View the 'Chase & Status' gallery



18 August 2011
Björking

In June I got a rather unexpected assignment - shooting the production stills for Björk's new show up in Manchester. It was a two part shoot which included taking photos at the dress rehearsal and the preview/press night. Little did I know that this would turn into my most high profile assignment to date - my photos have literally gone round the world and have appeared in every music magazine I can think of - one of the photos even made the front cover of The Guardian's g2 supplement. Below is the double page feature from the current issue of Word Magazine. I have now uploaded a gallery of approved photos from the shoot. Apologies for the watermark but it had to be done to minimise unauthorised use of the photos.
View the 'Björk' gallery



14 August 2011
Ever evolving

Now that I have moved to a new gallery format, it's time to relaunch and update my Portrait portfolio. I'll be updating my Live and Reportage portfolios next - but in the meantime check out the updated Portrait selection...
View the 'Portrait Portfolio'



9 August 2011
Panic on the streets of London

Morrissey must be psychic as he predicted the UK riots years ago. He probably didn't predict that they would spread to Brixton on the day of his Brixton Academy show. To see photos from the show check out the gallery below.
View the 'Morrissey' gallery



8 August 2011
Lou Reed

Lou Reed celebrated the 4th of July in style by playing a show at the Apollo in London. The gallery is now online so check it out...
View the 'Lou Reed' gallery



7 August 2011
Katy Perry 'Us Weekly'

If you live in the US make sure you pick up a copy of Us Weekly's Katy Perry bookazine. I have a few full page shots in the magazine which I'm rather thrilled about. To see more of my Katy Perry shots, check out the gallery below....
View the 'Katy Perry' gallery



6 August 2011
Keep 'em coming

Another gallery relaunch - this time my Hop Farm photos are getting the larger than life treatment.
View the 'Hop Farm 2011' gallery



5 August 2011
More BIG stuff

Whoever says I don't update my site often enough is, er, probably right. Having said that, here are some new and updated BIG galleries for your viewing pleasure. I'm loving the big screen galleries as you can tell and hopefully, you love them just as much. Enjoy...
View the 'Fleet Foxes (reportage)' gallery • View the 'Fleet Foxes (live)' gallery • View the 'Kasabian' gallery • View the 'Arcade Fire' gallery



4 August 2011
Bigger is better

It's time for an update so I'm going to use this opportunity to launch my new full screen galleries. I've been looking for a non-Flash system to display my photos on large and small screens alike for a while now and have finally found one that I'm happy with. So, whether you have a 27" display or a 15" laptop screen, you can now see my photos in all their glory. Simply adjust the size of your browser window to make the photos smaller or bigger. To get things started, here is a selection of my favourite 'On Stage Moments'...
View the 'On Stage Moments' gallery



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