Rock photographer’s gallery draws music lovers to New Jersey beach town

Photographer Danny Clinch stands in entrance of his images on the Clear Clinch Gallery in Asbury Park, New Jersey, U.S., August 12, 2022. REUTERS/Roselle Chen

ASBURY PARK, N.J., Aug 17 (Reuters) – Danny Clinch has photographed or filmed most of the most well-known musicians of recent occasions – and his many years of labor are on show in Asbury Park, the New Jersey seashore city made well-known by Bruce Springsteen.

Clinch’s photographs – and an annual music pageant – draw music lovers to his immersive Clear Clinch Gallery a block from the Jersey Shore city’s boardwalk.

“We began it about 5 years in the past,” stated Clinch, 58. “It is grow to be a gathering place for artists in Asbury Park and musicians in Asbury and truly all around the nation and folks from all around the world who love music and artwork, and who love Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam, Foo Fighters, Patti Smith, all the parents which are right here on the partitions.”

The Grammy Award-nominated photographer and filmmaker acquired his begin interning for famed American photographer Annie Leibovitz. He went on to {photograph} nearly each well-known musician one can consider: Bob Dylan, Tupac Shakur, Johnny Money, Blind Melon, Phish, Inexperienced Day, Stevie Nicks, Beastie Boys, Radiohead – and the checklist goes on and on.

Clinch’s gallery, which was speculated to have been a short lived pop-up, is right here to remain.

“We moved our enterprise from New York Metropolis to Asbury Park,” he stated. “Now we have household down right here. Now we have buddies right here. We’re a block from the ocean.

“And I’m one of many founding companions of the Sea.Hear.Now Pageant, and that is been occurring for 5 years. We have had 4 reveals. We misplaced one to COVID. We really feel very lucky.”

The music pageant, scheduled for Sept. 17-18, will probably be headlined by Stevie Nicks and Inexperienced Day.

“It is at all times such a good time, and we actually get pleasure from it,” Clinch stated.

He stated individuals had come into the gallery earlier than the upcoming pageant and tried to get him to inform them who the headliners can be earlier than they have been introduced. After being pressed, Clinch stated, he advised them he’d give them a touch.

“They’re like, ‘Yeah, yeah.’ And I stated, ‘Their images are hanging on this room, and they’re headlining the pageant.’

“And the reality was, Inexperienced Day’s over there. And Stevie Nicks is over there.”

Reporting by Roselle Chen; Modifying by Jonathan Oatis

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