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David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Strathmore

Posted on November 1, 2012

BETHESDA, MD - September 30th, 2012 - David Byrne (far left) and St. Vincent (middle) perform at the Strathmore Music Hall as part of their joint tour. The pair released a collaborative album, Love This Giant, earlier this month. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)
David Byrne and St. Vincent on the same stage playing some of their new material along with some of their better known work from their respective careers? Yeah, this was an easy assignment to say yes to.

BETHESDA, MD - September 30th, 2012 - David Byrne (far left) and St. Vincent (far right) perform at the Strathmore Music Hall as part of their joint tour. The pair released a collaborative album, Love This Giant, earlier this month. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

BETHESDA, MD - September 30th, 2012 - David Byrne (far left) and St. Vincent (middle) perform at the Strathmore Music Hall as part of their joint tour. The pair released a collaborative album, Love This Giant, earlier this month. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

Shooting at Strathmore is always a challenge. Shooting conditions generally depend on the crowd. If they stand up down in front, we’re allowed to shoot from the aisles. The audience didn’t do that at this show, so were stuck up front by the stage on the extreme sides of the venue. I would have liked some time to get some soundboard shots from the back of the venue, but there just wasn’t enough time. That said, any night you get to hear David Byrne play “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)”, that’s a good night.

BETHESDA, MD - September 30th, 2012 - St. Vincent (right) performs at the Strathmore Music Hall as part of her joint tour with David Byrne. The pair released a collaborative album, Love This Giant, earlier this month. (Photo by Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post) (Kyle Gustafson/For The Washington Post)

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David Byrne & St. Vincent @ Strathmore – 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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    Photos of St. Vincent at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC | Kyle Gustafson Photography
    October 30, 2014 at 9:27 pm

    […] is still relatively young, but this was by far my favorite shoot of the year. It’s obvious touring with David Byrne rubbed off on St. Vincent, as evidenced by her gig last Saturday at the 9:30 Club. The last time […]

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