Rock The Shores

ByKeri Coles 2013/07/212014/04/09

What an amazing weekend at Rock The Shores! Blue skies, rocking band lineup, incredible crowds; I adore my job so much. I am loving that festivals like Rock the Shores and Rifflandia are bringing bigger names to town. Some of the bands that performed this weekend were Weezer, City and Colour, Sam Roberts, The Sheepdogs, Mother Mother, Awolnation (who rocked my little world), Reignwolf (who’s show I sadly missed but heard excited exclamations about for the rest of the festival), and our home boy Vince Vaccaro. As you are about to see, I got just as much enjoyment out of shooting the crowds as I did from shooting the bands. I was definitely not the only one who was thrilled to be there.

Pemberton Music Festival
ByKeri Coles 2014/08/052023/05/22

Wow. I am in love. Pemberton was the first camping music festival I’ve ever been to and it completely blew me away! So many great shows, such little time! With multiple stages running it was so hard to decide which of the incredible shows we were going to see. We ended up photographing and dancing to infinite talent and energy in the most gorgeous setting you could imagine. Camping on the valley floor next to a picturesque sheep farm surrounded by huge rugged mountains made the festival all the more magical. Empire of the Sun Smashing his guitar like a…

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Photos from Jon & Roy Holiday Show
ByKeri Coles 2009/02/21

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NONTOMBI NAOMI TUTU
ByKeri Coles 2009/04/30

Human Rights Activist Nontombi Naomi Tutu came to Victoria recently to discuss “us and them: how we construct the ‘other’”. She is an amazing woman and a powerful speaker. I had the opportunity to present her with a photograph that I took of her father Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama when they were part of a roundtable dialogue at UBC in 2004.

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Ani Difranco
ByKeri Coles 2009/11/01

Ani Difranco came to town and played a fantastic show on Wednesday. She is such a brilliant musician, but more than that, she is a brilliant woman. I’ve listened to her music for close to a decade now and she always manages to stay relevant. She’s a strong social and political activist who is not afraid to step out of the crowd to stand up for what she believes in. My only complaint about the show was that because it was at the Royal Theatre everyone was seated and unable to dance. Ani is a high-energy, passionate performer and it…

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Congratulations Tegan and Sara!
ByKeri Coles 2014/03/302014/03/30

A huge congratulations to Tegan and Sara for winning Pop Album of the Year for Heartthrob at the Juno Awards yesterday. Also a great big shout out and hugs to our local boys Nick Blasko and Piers Henwood of Amelia Artists who manage Tegan and Sara. It is so cool to see so much hard work and dedication paying off. Well done!

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Behind the scenes of the Bella Bella trip.
ByKeri Coles 2012/04/092013/05/20

My trip to Bella Bella involved beautiful landscapes, good friends, small world run-ins, and fabulous boat rides. Thank you, Yoey, for being such a wonderful friend, host, and inspiration. It was so great seeing your place and all the incredibly beautiful work you have put into it. It is a little slice of heaven. Thank you, Anna, for being such a fun, passionate, and thought-provoking friend and adventure buddy. I look forward to our next project. Bella Bella Wharf: The wonderful Yoey: Anna capturing the seascape: Yoey’s place and our home away from home for the week: I *heart* adventure…

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