Charles Peterson (photographer)
Encyclopedia
Charles Peterson is an American
photographer well known for his work with the independent record label
Sub Pop
. His photos are presented in the movie Kurt Cobain: About a Son. Charles is known for depicting the rise of the Northwest
music scene in the late 80s to early 90s, and for his trademark full-frame, non-cropped image.
United States
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photographer well known for his work with the independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
Sub Pop
Sub Pop
Sub Pop is a record label founded in 1986 by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman in Seattle, Washington. Sub Pop achieved fame in the late 1980s for first signing Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney and many other bands from the Seattle music scene...
. His photos are presented in the movie Kurt Cobain: About a Son. Charles is known for depicting the rise of the Northwest
Pacific Northwest
The Pacific Northwest is a region in northwestern North America, bounded by the Pacific Ocean to the west and, loosely, by the Rocky Mountains on the east. Definitions of the region vary and there is no commonly agreed upon boundary, even among Pacific Northwesterners. A common concept of the...
music scene in the late 80s to early 90s, and for his trademark full-frame, non-cropped image.
Publications
- Touch Me I'm Sick (PowerHouse, 2003)
- Screaming Life (Harper Collins, 1995)
- Pearl Jam: Place/Date (with Lance Mercer, Rizzoli/Vitalogy, 1997)
- Cypher, will be published in 2008 by powerHouse
Exhibition
- Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk Virginia
- Seattle's Experience Music Project (EMP)
- Cypher, will be published in 2008 by powerHouse
- Galerie Chappe, Paris "Kurt Cobain, About A Son"
Films
- Appears in Hype! (1996), a documentary covering the overexposure of Seattle's garage music scene.