David Avidan is a photographer and music-lover from the Philadelphia area.
Memory collector, moment capturer, music and music memorabilia enthusiast - collector of everything like vinyl records, cassette tapes, posters, setlists, guitar picks, drumsticks, t-shirts, vintage magazines & weird art
Davidan Shots (by d avidavid an) reflects my live music experiences in the Philadelphia area and beyond, documenting all of the incredible music that comes through the area through my lens.
I've made it my goal to capture those fraction of a second, magical moments in time, the psychedelic and transcendent element of your performance, a serendipitous moment frozen in time forever for you to share with those who couldn't be there to experience the show in person!
If you would like to inquire about my rates and availability,
or would like a print made of one of my photographs,
please DM me on Instagram @davidanshots
or reach out to me via my email address: davidavidan@me.com
Dave has photographed over 350 bands, including…
• Popular shoegaze, noise-pop and dream-pop artists like Slowdive, RIDE, DIIV, Alcest, Duster, Cigarettes for Breakfast, Airiel, Creepoid, Drab Majesty, A Place to Bury Strangers, TAGABOW, Winter, Ovlov, Peel Dream Magazine, Mahogany, Quannnic, Trauma Ray, Bodywash, Blushing, Dead Leaf Echo, Ringo Deathstarr and the Veldt
• Psychedelic and experimental artists like the Dandy Warhols, Stereolab, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Acid Dad, GIFT, Hooveriii, Temples, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Wand, Post Animal, Homeshake, Wine Lips, the Magic Castles, Ty Segall, Earthless, JJUUJJUU, Suuns, the Allah-Las, The Asteroid #4, The Flash Hits, King Tuff, Dummy, Guerilla Toss, Bitchin’ Bajas, Sunburned Hand of the Man, Garcia Peoples, Meatbodies, Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor and the Murlocs
• Indie and alternative artists like Dinosaur Jr., the Hard Quartet, Geese, Panchiko, Of Montreal, Quasi, Guided By Voices, Mild High Club, the Lemonheads, Wild Nothing, Soccer Mommy, White Denim, Dry Cleaning, Horsegirl, Lifeguard, Thumpasaurus, The Residents, George Clanton, Mudhoney, the Antlers, Okkervil River, Laraaji, Moon Taxi, JW Francis, NNAMDÏ, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, June of 44, Mary Timony, Fievel Is Glauque, Godcaster, Fake Fruit, Horse Jumper of Love, Geordie Greep and Lucy Dacus
• Jam bands like Lotus, LaMP, moe., Muscle Tough, Dopapod, Papadosio, Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Karina Rykman, Space Bacon, Spafford, TAUK, Greensky Bluegrass, Perpetual Groove, Consider the Source, The Reality Check Experiment, Zoomst, Qway, Red Meat Conspiracy, Px3, Uncle Kunkel’s One Gram Band, Big Shrimp, Hilltop, Tand, Jonathan Colman's Dungeon Crawl, Expansion Project and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
• Post-rock, post-punk, and pop-punk bands like Tortoise, This Will Destroy You, Earth, Grails, El Ten Eleven, Protomartyr, Les Savy Fav, Warmduscher, Peter Hook & the Light, Live Skull, Uni & the Urchins, Modern English, Piebald, Well Wisher, Weakened Friends and Oso Oso
• Metal, punk and noise rock bands like Chat Pile, Possessed, Testament, Kreator, the Messthetics, Titan to Tachyons, Intercourse, Bad Nerves, Wicked Scoundrel, Nerver, Grave Bathers, The Flying Luttenbachers, Wolf Eyes, Scream and Soulside
• Philly-local bands and solo artists like Kurt Vile, Mannequin Pussy, Marshall Allen, So Totally, Full Body 2, Wax Jaw, Slomo Sapiens, Cold Court, Jonathan Colman, Chris Forsyth, Nick Millevoi, BASIC, Monstera, Kikashima, Sacred Monsters, Laura & the Storm, Air Is Human, Purling Hiss, Disaster Artist, the Riko & Whaler Collective, Color Charge, Kilynn Lunsford, Attack Dog, Bellevue, Grimace Federation, Evil Sword, Flowers of Demise, the Lunar Year, Zinskē, Minka, Sold, Soraia, Steal the Night, Writhing Squares, Skeever, Draag Me, Bitter Wish, Lástima, Brackish, Halloween, Righteous Jolly, Greg McGarvey, My Wife’s an Angel, Vine Whip (Junonia), Henbane, the Heavy Lidders, Mt. Mostly and Heliocentric Overdrive
...and bands + solo artists from around the world like Acid Mother’s Temple, Melt-Banana, Mono, Minami Deutsch (Japan 🇯🇵), Tropical Fuck Storm, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Donny Benét, Luluc, Lucas Abela (Australia 🇦🇺), Pia Fraus (Estonia 🇪🇪), Mdou Moctar (Niger 🇳🇪), Andy Shauf (Canada 🇨🇦), Altın Gün (the Netherlands 🇳🇱/Turkey 🇹🇷), Tinariwen (Algeria 🇩🇿/Mali 🇲🇱), Молчат Дома (Belarus 🇧🇾), Kælan Mikla (Iceland 🇮🇸), Cortex (France 🇫🇷) and Messer Chups (Russia 🇷🇺).
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