Music’s finest caught on
camera by Loreana
 By
Elaine Sheridan
Carreers in professional photography and music are notoriously hard to
break into.But for Irish girl Loreana Rushe all it took was determination,
know-how and a little bit of luck.
It all started for the 21-year-old Dubliner when she requested a photography
pass to see one of her favourite bands — The Charlatans.
And the fact the band had no tour dates at home didn’t dissuade
Loreana.
Determined to hear her idols play she headed to Glasgow armed with her
camera.
At the gig she took live photos of the band from the crowd and later e-mailed
the photos onto them.
Since then, the young photographer has forged a friendship with her one-time
heroes.
Loreana said The Charlatans were so impressed with her work that lead
singer Tim Burgess contacted her almost immediately.
She said: “From a very young age I’ve been into photography
and art. I got my first camera when I was about 15 and started going to
gigs.
“I’d take photos of bands and put them on my website. That’s
how it all started really.
“The Charlatans are one of my favourites and it was an honour for
me to hear from them. I couldn’t believe it when Tim contacted me.”
The Manchester lads flew Loreana to Kent last summer to do a photo-shoot
for some promotional material for their album and website.
She has also done photography work with them in Dublin and Belfast.
And Loreana’s combined passion for music and photography has led
her to working with other local and international bands creating live
and promotional images.
Past clients have been The Flaming Lips live in Amsterdam and Dublin newcomers
The Immediate.
Loreana has also participated in many exhibitions in Dublin where once
she bumped into Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan.
Talking of that chance meeting she said: “Shane was brilliant. He’s
off his head but a brilliant character nonetheless.
“I took a few shots of him which are very interesting indeed! He
has some great facial expressions which I love to capture. I’ve
even got a video recording of him giving a speech which is fun to watch.”
Loreana’s other interests — apart from being a club promoter
and DJ — are working for NME music magazine’s new Irish section
which covers up-and-coming Irish bands.
She has also had photographs published in Hot Press, Foggy Notions and
several other Irish publications.
The one person she said she would have liked to photograph is Radio One
music veteran John Peel who died in 2004.
To view Loreana’s work log onto www.myleftventricle.com
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