Just gonna say it. Most of my favorite photos concert or otherwise, are fashioned by the Knee-Hi's. 'Fashioned'? I think so.
For these four, diverse fashionista-transcending muses provide a meticulous aesthetic that artfully glams up the best of make-up, safety-pin charms, custom patches, DIY typography stenciled, stitched or screen printed with an elegant hand, and a palpable passion for all things visual, making any photo of them vie at the top of every pit photographer's 'best of' list.
Throw that crazy talk out for the Knee-Hi's. They provide the charisma people buzz about. They provide the memory. They provide the batteries to power my sleeping legs to straighten up when crouched at a show. THEY provide my constant focus, regardless of low light, graininess, or any blur I wrestle with.
I snap away, mentally crossing my fingers that I capture even just an ounce of it.
All this before a single song is sung.
Time for these 'wide-eyed rats' from Chicago to shed their super heroic stage personas for a peek at their just as overpowered secret identities.