Former 10,000 Maniacs singer Natalie Merchant’s return to London to promote her first album in seven years.
I’ve seen her perform a few times over many years but this was the first time I’ve photographed her. She’s still just as enchanting as a performer, with a curious, enigmatic vibe and always somehow off in her own world, which I wanted to capture with this image.
She sang with a small acoustic band, playing only songs from her new album until the encore, when she let rip with old numbers and danced wildly around the stage. How I wish photography restrictions at large venues like this didn’t always prevent shooting during the last songs of the show – it’s always so different in mood to the first few songs of any set, the images from each would tell a totally different story!
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