Jeremy Fisher portrait

Jeremy Fisher. Photo by Matthew Ginn © 2008.

Back in 2007 Jeremy Fisher‘s homemade video for “Cigarette” went viral on YouTube, and now it has been viewed more than 2 million times. Jeremy’s music is upbeat and infectious, and he’s a cool guy. On some of his earliest tours, he crossed North America by bicycle. Crazy! I had the chance to interview and photograph him last year before his show at the Roseland here in Portland. We made this portrait (above) in a really narrow hallway of the Roseland, with me lying on the floor looking up at him, trying to get all those cool posters in the background. My shirt got dirty, but the shot turned out pretty well.

Here’s the video: