Tour-Rider Food Photography

Henry Hargreaves hat sich die Tour-Rider einiger Musiker vorgenommen und die besten Food-Wünsche fotografiert. Das da oben ist übrigens nicht das Mittagessen von Lemmy, sondern das von Frank Sinatra: „One bottle each: Absolute, Jack Daniels, Chivas Regal, Courvoisier, Beefeater Gin, white wine, red wine. Twenty-four chilled jumbo shrimp, Life Savers, cough drops.“

I was inspired to create this series after reviewing a few riders from some of the biggest acts in the world, all of which were ridiculous. But what I found most interesting about them is that they offered a glimpse into their larger-than-life personalities.

I initially thought I would try and shoot all of the items listed on the catering riders but quickly realized that this would become an exercise in wasting money. So I decided to focus on the quirkiest requests and shoot them in a Flemish Baroque still-life style because I felt that there was a direct connection between the themes in these types of paintings and the riders: the idea of time passing and the ultimate mortality of a musician’s career as the limelight inevitably fades—they only have a short time in which they are able to make these demands and have them fulfilled.

HENRY HARGREAVES’S PHOTOS OF WHAT FAMOUS MUSICIANS EAT BACKSTAGE (via Macelodeon)