Portrait of Sloan

About six weeks ago I had the privilege to photograph one of my favorite bands, Sloan, when they came to Portland. But as usual, we didn’t have much time. In fact, we couldn’t get all four of them in one place at the same time. So I came up with a plan to photograph them each individually and combine the images into one portrait. I borrowed each of the band members for a couple of minutes during their sound check, and shot the portraits right next to the stage.

I think the concept suits the band really well, as all four of them are distinct individuals within the band, but contribute pretty much equally to every album. I had intended to give each of the band members one quadrant of the space (in a 2×2 pattern) but when I started to put them together it didn’t look right. Kind of dumb, to be honest. So I tried layering them in thin horizontal strips and … it clicked!