about/contact me

me by Michael Byrne

I am a photographer based in Baltimore, MD (as well as Washington, DC). Primarily I make portraits/promotional shots, photograph live music, and cover events.

If you are interested in my work or have any questions, please get in touch via this email form or email me directly at joshsisk at gmail dot com.

I am a contributing photographer for the Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Citypaper, SPIN/Spin.com, & Decibel magazines as well as a staff photographer for Brightest Young Things.

Other publications that my work has been featured in include: Rolling Stone, URB, Blender, XLR8R, Revolver, NME, the Guardian UK, Time Out!, the Baltimore Citypaper, JPG Magazine, the Washington Post & Post Express, the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Magazine, B Magazine, New York Press, the Stranger, CMJ, the Philadelphia Weekly, the DC Citypaper, MixMag, among many others across the country and the world.

My work has also been featured in the books The Business of Professional Modeling, and Design For Community, as well as on many notable web sites such as Pitchfork Media, Flavorpill/Earwire, Brooklyn Vegan, NPR, iMeem, VBS.tv, MetroMix, among others.

Clients of mine include record labels (Mad Decent, Relapse, Ninjatune, Unruly, T&A, Deep Sugar, Carpark, Domino, Thrill Jockey), institutions (MICA, Maryland State Arts Council), music promoters (Taxidermy Lodge, Unregistered Nurse, Nouveau Riche, Deep Sugar, Jet Set Mafia, Senari, Radar, Giant), companies (Altec Lansing, Dell Computers, Mountain Dew, J Shoe), cable channels (IFC) and venues (Sonar, the Ottobar, the Talking Head, the Golden West).

You might also have clicked on this looking for my flickr page?

Selected Exhibitions I have been involved it:

  • Sent: America’s First Phonecam Art Show, Sixspace (LA), 2004
  • The Pain of Being Dead, Lo-Fi Social Club (Baltimore), 2006
  • The Pain of Being Dead, Read Street(Baltimore), 2007
  • Black Metal Fast Food Fight, Lo-Fi Social Club (Baltimore), 2007
  • Brightest Young Things: the Re-Launch Photo Show (DC), 2008
  • Fourth Wall, Windup Space (Baltimore), 2008
  • Gutter: Two Year Retrospective, Paperwork (Baltimore), 2008
  • Last Call (solo show), Front Gallery (New Orleans), 2009
  • Wild at Heart, Photoweek DC Satellite HQ (DC), 2010
  • Under the Strobe Light (solo show), Bijon, 2010
  • Full Speed Or Nothing : Music Photography by Josh Sisk & Kyle Gustafson, Windup Space, Baltimore, 2011
  • City Paper Presents: Low Budget Photo Show, Baltimore, 2011
  • New York Photo Festival : Audio/Visual juried show, NYC, 2011
  • Place To Place, Baltimore, 2011
  • DC Fotoweek: Young @ Heart, Fotoweek Central, DC, 2011

    • Artistic “things” I have done:

  • Visiting artist/critic at MICA, 2010-
  • Guest Artist/Instructor at Baltimore Museum of Art, 2011
  • Founding member, (In) Parenthesis photo collective, 2011-

    • (Very Incomplete) List of Releases featuring my photos:

  • Agoraphobic Nosebleed “Agorapocalypse” LP/CD
  • Dan Deacon “Bromst” LP/CD
  • Ed Schrader “The Choir Inside” 10″
  • The Gift “Mostly In Sickness” LP
  • Hollywood “Baltimore Queens” 7″
  • Hollywood “Stunts” LP/CD
  • Page 99/Majority Rule “live” LP/CD
  • Pig Destroyer “Phantom Limb” LP/CD

    • Interviews and press coverage:

  • BYT Q&A with Kyle Gustafson and myself.
  • Video interview with me on Tittsworth.com
  • Gutter.com interviews Kyle Gustafson and myself.
  • Interview with me on TGRI Online.

    • Photo of me by Michael Byrne.