Greensboro Rock: Tiny Meteors

Tiny Meteors @ the Flying Anvil, Greensboro, NC. 8/03/06.


(C)2006 Rash Photo

I tend to hate band photography because it usually looks the same. Maybe I'm on a search for a new way to shoot this kind of event, but feel like whatever that is I have not yet found it. Rock bands with motion blur and light trails is a tired technique with an abandonment of some aspects of controlling the final image, yet seems to be a formula I find myself relying on all too often. Composition can also be difficult with limited angles and shooting positions in smaller venues or packed rooms. Toting your camera around a small rock club, stepping on and around people who paid good money to be there is certainly no fun. However, it is important to document our musical experiences, especially local artist that run the risk of playing a handful of shows before evaporating forever. Tiny Meteors played their second ever show in Greensboro last night, this is my attempt to archive the show with a handful of typical rock n roll photographs.

John Rash

John Rash is a filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist based in Oxford, Mississippi. John earned his M.F.A. in Documentary and Experimental Art from Duke University and B.F.A. in Art Education from UNC-Greensboro, and now works as Assistant Professor of Film Production and Southern Studies at the University of Mississippi. His documentary films and photographs often focus on topics of identity, counter-culture communities, social justice, and environment and have been shown in festivals and museums around the world. John has received multiple awards for his documentary works including the Soul of Southern Film Award from Indie Memphis Film Festival for Negro Terror, History+ Best Documentary Award from the North Carolina Museum of History for Our Movement Starts Here, and an Emmy nomination for his film about South Carolina-based photographer Sam Wang. John is also the founder of the Southern Punk Archive which aims to preserve the stories of DIY punk communities in the American South. In 2025, John was an Artist in Residence at the Swatch Art Peace Hotel in Shanghai and a resident artist at Crosstown Arts in Memphis, TN in 2022.

https://www.johnrash.com
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