Note: This is a reposting of the night where Those Darlings, from Murfreesboro, TN, played at the Bowery Ballroom. Click "read more" for Those Darlings' mini-gallery!

Click "Read More" for a gallery of Midlake at the Bowery Ballroom!

I've known Valerie since I was sixteen. After leaving Bella Sun, Valerie began playing more guitar and doing gigs at Java Cabana in Cooper-Young. Valerie was my first subject when I started picking up the camera.... (click "Read More" for a gallery of Valerie June's performances in New York City!)

Music has been a pivotal role for me becoming a photographer. I'm not sure many know I started out photographing Valerie June at Java Cabana (shortly after her stint with Bella Sun). But since then, I have been building a largely unseen series of photos of musicians I have come to know, performing in the dark, cloudy bars before after hours. Fortunately, I'm still remembered and recognized as that "Asian kid with the camera."

Click "Read More" for a gallery of Giant Cloud at Manhattan's Piano's!