MICHAEL LAVINE

Esteemed rock photographer Michael Lavine, renowned for his iconic portraits of musicians such Kurt Cobain, Notorious B.I.G, and David Bowie, has been making his own brand of visually unique images of celebrities for over 30 years.

Michael has published two photography books - “Noise from the Underground” (Simon & Schuster) photographs of over 100 bands including Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and Soundgarden, and “GRUNGE” (Abrams) a series of B&W photographs documenting the Seattle punk scene of the 1980’s. 

As a director Michael has made several short films. His most recent film The “Wanderer” (starring Alice Kremelberg) a gothic noir fantasy, is in post production. His dramatic short “Weekend Away” (starring Sophia Takal) played at numerous festivals. Michael has spent the last few years developing  “The Dark Odyssey” a series of metaphysical sci-fi stop motion animation short films, which has played at over 100 festivals all around the world. Michael resides in the Hudson Valley.