Donna Santisi’s Fotos on Buzz Foto!

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Our great friend and photographer Donna Santisi got these iconic fotos of Patti Smith as she performed at the Premiere of Steven Sebring’s Documentary, Dream of Life at the New Art Theatre in Santa Monica yesterday. Donna got some fantastic shots as the Godmother of Punk, Patti performed a few solo songs and then later took questions before the 9:55 show and signed books, also titled Dream of Life. Donna is a fantastic photographer as has been a friend of Buzzfoto’s for years. She was recently featured in the New York Post about her Lindsay Lohan fotos and has her own archive going back to Janis Joplin! Check out her site to see some iconic and beautiful fotos!
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Photo by Donna Santisi/BuzzFoto.com

Backstage Fotos Please

Performance photographs of Rock and Roll legends, like Patti Smith, on stage are not easy to sell. Kind of like Red Carpet. There is no real story in a performance photo of a Rock Star and there are thousands of images of a pop star singing into a microphone in editors files. What you need is backstage and candid photos.

This photograph of Justin’s tells a story. We love it because it is so casual. The image was made right before Patti took the stage at the Atlantic Monthly Anniversary party last night.

Photo by Justin Campbell/BuzzFoto.com