Creating a Visual Soundtrack

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Shooting with a fan’s emotion

Jim has cultivated a passion for live music that grew to obsession by the time he attended his first concert at 12 (the Allman Brothers). Shooting with a fan’s emotion and creating a visual soundtrack to create an image that captures the moment.
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    Jazz Journalists Association features Jim Brock Photography coverage of the 2026 Newport Jazz Festival

    August 24, 2026 Some years ago, a colleague who helped produce the Newport Jazz Festival encouraged me to join the Jazz Journalists Association. I was initially reluctant. After all, I'm a photographer first, who occasionally writes in a…
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    Through the Lens – The Newport Folk Festival 2026

    July 24-26, 2026 “We are still stronger when we sing together”. Pete Seeger’s words greeted all who arrived at Fort Adams for this year’s Newport Folk Festival And, yes, it felt like the world hung in the balance more than ever. Newport…
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    Breaking Waves at the Inaugural Santa Monica International Jazz Festival

    May 8-9, 2026 This post also appears in Just Jazz Magazine. Los Angeles County is home to 88 individual incorporated cities, and it is having a jazz moment. With the Blue Note coming up on its first full year in Hollywood, and so many other…
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