Bryan Bruchman

I shot photos of a Summer Solstice boat party here in Portland for Impose Magazine. Check out the whole gallery here.

A photo I took at a recent show is part of the album cover art for Wesley Hartley And The Traveling Trees’ new album, Narrow Gauge Quad Trains, out now on Burst And Bloom Records. The song Jet Fighters is a particular favorite of mine. You can order the cd here.

This photos of Foam Castles’ first show (May 13, 2010 at Geno’s in Portland, Maine) appeared in  the May 27 issue of the Portland Press Herald (and online).

I did an interview/profile with the band, which can be found at HillyTown (along with portraits and more photos from the Geno’s show).

NYC musician Doug Keith is celebrating the release of his new album, The Lucky Ones, tonight at the Mercury Lounge in NYC. I shot this cover photo for the album back in October while in town for the CMJ Music Marathon.

I did some photo work for the Maine Arts Commission recently, shooting their Poetry Out Loud event in Waterville, Maine. Check out their blog for a video of the setup, event, and breakdown of the whole night at the opera house. I get some screen time towards the beginning, when I was photographing the awards on a table onstage before the event.

A photo I took of Nicholas Shroeder playing in the band Ye at Bubba’s Sulky Lounge appears in the Portland Phoenix article “Random Rules,” about the upcoming 48 Hour Music Festival at SPACE Gallery. The photo originally appeared on my Portland-based music and culture blog, HillyTown, and appears in both the print and online versions of the article.

My photos of Portland, ME musicians Spencer And The School Spirit Mafia (above) and Dilly Dilly (photo here) appeared along with the print version of the Press Herald GO article “10 Bands To Watch.”

I have some work in the new issue of Performer Magazine: check out my photos of Spirit Kid online and in the print version of the February 2010 issue.

Last year I did some press photos for banjoist Peter Mezoian and I’m starting to see them turn up in publications. The above photo was on the cover of the Time Out section of the Aspen Daily News. The article (no photos accompany it online) used another one inside the paper.

The above photo, Look Up, was featured as the Photo Of The Day at Juxtapoz Magazine for Tuesday, January 26, 2010. I always enjoy the reader-submitted photos that they select for that feature (see them all here), and I’m proud to have my work among them.

I have a piece entitled Carriage Jam included in the new Free For All 2 exhibit at SPACE Gallery in Portland, Maine.  The show includes nearly 150 works of art by members of the greater SPACE community and opens tonight from 5-8pm.

Carriage Jam is a series of 58 photos [one of which is the broken glass above] laid out in two rows of 29, mounted on foam board measuring close to 100”.

A photo I took in Boston a couple of weeks ago was featured as the photo of the day on the website Bostonist.

I shot this photo a few months ago for my band, Marie Stella. The band has been using it as a press photo for publicity, including the 2009 CMJ Music Marathon in NYC and a number of shows in Portland, Maine.

Portland Magazine published a few of my photos in their recent Winterguide issue. The above shot of Amanda Palmer is from Todd Richard’s article about the venue Port City Music Hall (it also appears in the current rotating header of the publication’s website). One of my Luke’s Lobster photos can be found on page 23, in the Imperatifs section. The magazine can be found at any bookstore in the greater Portland, Maine area.

I did a photo shoot with Emeen Zarookian last Thursday and then checked out his CD release show that night at TT The Bear’s. This was taken with my Holga (which I’d seemingly forgotten that I’d brought with me on the trip for most of the day) in the pool room, right before his set.

This week’s issue of the Portland Phoenix uses one of my photos of Kino Proby from their annual concert in 2009 at The Big Easy in Portland, ME along with a review of their upcoming live cd (from that show). The image appears online, with the review, and on the cover of the paper.

The above photo is from that same show… their crowds are really dedicated and fun! I’ll be shooting the band again this weekend at their cd release show at Port City Music Hall.

Outtake from the lunch which resulted in a Serious Eats / A Hamburger Today review of the burgers at The Blue Spoon in Portland, Maine. Review by Mary Phillips-Sandy, photos by me.

I put together a quick little photo tutorial on shooting high-energy concerts in low light for exciting results (like the above photo of David from Goes Cube at Magnetic Field in Brooklyn on their closing weekend), which you can read on Macworld.

The Mumlers (from San Jose, CA) backstage at SPACE Gallery in Portland, ME. Taken after their show for use on the venue’s blog, the band liked it and may use it (or another from this series) for press purposes in the future.

I just launched a new Wordpress site for Portland Pins, a collaborative art project I created with Kris Johnsen.