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Alexander Shahmiri
le gars qui va tomber à travers les mailles du filet
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young the giant
newport beach
summer of 2009
young the giant
bonneville salt flats
june 2010
young the giant
newport beach
summer of 2009
Young the Giant
This shot is from the very first In the Open session that I ever did with Young the Giant out in the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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In the Open presents Young the Giant performing Every Little Thing
As we near the end of the videos with Young the Giant, I have to look back at this past year and be thankful for how much they have helped with the growth of In the Open. In the Open started in the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah while on tour with Young the Giant. We were driving along the highway and I asked if we could stop to take photos. We got out and played some soccer and decided that we should film something here. I had done some minor filming work with them before, but I had no real knowledge about diving into live performances especially in terms of recording audio. I remember finishing the video and being excited to look at the footage, and that feeling is still there every time I shoot another band. As I have mentioned before, the guys are like brothers to me and I am extremely thankful for them, for putting up with my requests to shoot in places even when we were all tired and just wanted to do nothing.
Thank you Payam, Sameer, Jake, François, and Eric for all your time and work for In the Open. I consider In the Open just as much yours as it is mine, because without you guys there would be no In the Open.
In the Open presents Young the Giant - I Got
To help push off two sites with one stone here is a new video for you all. As some of you might know, the Young the Giant guys and I are close friends, I’d even consider them brothers. I went on tour with them for a few months last year and during that time I started up In the Open while we were driving between Utah and San Francisco. In the Open started as soon as I started shooting “I Got”. We shot almost all their songs over the past year in-between the other In the Open shoots. Here is Your Side, and make sure to go check out the site we worked on with the guys so you can see all their sessions in one place, as well as get more info about each shoot from Sameer and I.
In the Open finally has a tumblr, where you can see all the behind the scenes of what goes on at these shoots. Head on over and start following for new music, videos, photos, stories, and more.
In support of redesigning my site, I went through the archives and found all the photos from when I was in the studio with Young the Giant. Hit the link to be taken to the new site, and check out the series. Some of them have never been released, and I’m going to guess most people here haven’t seen any of them.
Click the photo to get taken to In the Open’s facebook where you can watch an exclusive video of Young the Giant from when they were in the recording studio. Head on over, and make sure to like the page to get more exclusive content.
UK Part I
This is our first set of photos from Europe. we’ve got a new set for you every day this week.
Sameer before we shot “God Made Man” for In the Open
