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click to enlarge Tara and Erin Maiden. This year was Erin Maiden's fifth year at Riot Fest, and she is four years old (the first was in utero). Tara has been attending for ten years. Ryan Segedi If Slayer play and no one is around to hear them, do they make a sound? Photographer Ryan Segedi hauled his equipment all over Douglas Park and the Riot Fest press tent, documenting the symbiosis of the bands that reign (sometimes in blood) and the fans that come to see them (sometimes 18 times).
In photographs of bands at festivals, typically the musicians are paying attention to the crowd, to their instruments, or to each other—they don’t tend to act like they know the camera is there. Ryan Segedi’s portraits of artists at Riot Fest, taken with portable lights in front of a simple white backdrop in the corner of the festival’s press tent, provide a more intimate look at people we’re used to seeing under colored spotlights.
We're honoring Ashley Novoa as part of Healthyish Superpowered , a new kind of dinner party celebrating women around the country who are redefining wellness. We'll be partying with Novoa and our partner Caviar at Mott St in Chicago on July 17th. Tickets are sold out, but we may be coming to a city near you soon . Wherever you are, you can read all our Superpowered stories here .
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