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The Strokes @ Sweetlife Festival

Posted on May 3, 2011

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1st, 2011: Julian Casablancas of The Strokes performs during the 2011 Sweetlife Festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

After a long day of so-so acts The Stokes brought the 2nd annual Sweetlife Festival to a rousing end with a taught hour-plus long set that focused mainly on their first two albums.

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1st, 2011: The Strokes headline the 2011 Sweetlife Festival with a set that spanned their 10 year career. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1st, 2011: The Strokes headline the 2011 Sweetlife Festival with a set that spanned their 10 year career. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

Lights, as expected, were horrible, but I was prepared for this and was able to get some decent shots. Personally I am fine with blue-tinted low light. Anything but red is fine with me. We were graced with a few moments of warm yellow light, but other than that, it was blue and pink throughout.

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1st, 2011: The Strokes headline the 2011 Sweetlife Festival with a set that spanned their 10 year career. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1st, 2011: The Strokes headline the 2011 Sweetlife Festival with a set that spanned their 10 year career. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

COLUMBIA, MD - May 1st, 2011: The Strokes headline the 2011 Sweetlife Festival with a set that spanned their 10 year career. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post) (Photo by Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post)

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The Strokes @ Sweetlife Festival – Images by Kyle Gustafson

Kyle Gustafson is a freelance photographer based in Washington, D.C. His work appears weekly in The Washington Post. Complex Magazine named him one of the 50 Greatest Concert Photographers Right Now.

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