Greg Noire

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Greg Noire
Born
Gregory Ehiabhi Oribhabor

Granbury, Texas, U.S.
Occupation Concert photographer
Years active2009–present

Gregory Ehiabhi Oribhabor, [1] known as Greg Noire, is an American concert and portrait photographer based in Houston, Texas. [2] Noire has shot for Drake, Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, Demi Lovato, among others.

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Biography

Noire has Nigerian ancestry and was born in Granbury, Texas. [3] [1] He is based in Houston, Texas. [3]

Noire attended Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, [4] with a major in corporate communications. [1] He discovered photography while working at the photo department of Sam's Club. [4] [3] Inspired by customers' film rolls, he bought a Fujifilm FinePix camera and began taking around 500 pictures a day. [4] Noire also took a photography class which he said "changed [his] life". [1] Later, he got access to a DSLR camera through working at Lamar's University Press newspaper as a photojournalist. [3] [4] He used this camera to enter contests and shoot local events. [4]

In 2009, Noire was invited to shoot the rap group The Clipse, because he knew members of the opening act, The Nice Guys. [3] [1] Noire said "I fell in love immediately, even though I initially had absolutely no idea what I was doing". [3] In 2014, Noire shot for the music festival Lollapalooza, which was Noire's first gig that paid highly. [4] Noire quit his job and became a full-time concert photographer in 2015. [4] Begun in 2017, he runs a podcast, The Greg Noire Show, that documents experiences in his career. [4]

In 2019, Complex described Noire as "one of the most sought after concert photographers in the industry". [1] Some artists Noire has shot for include Drake, Travis Scott, Chance the Rapper, Kendrick Lamar, Childish Gambino, and Demi Lovato. [3] [4] As well, he has shot the music festivals Coachella, Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, Astroworld Festival, and the Voodoo Music + Arts Experience. [4] [3]

Style and influences

Part of Noire's pseudonym originated from the film noir genre. [1] The genre, especially Citizen Kane , influenced him to use black and white photography for capturing emotion. [1] Noire's biggest photographer influence is Chi Modu, while others include Gordon Parks, Gilles Bensimon, Neal Preston, Dana Scruggs, Joshua Kissi, and Devin Allen. [3] While photographing concerts, Noire treats it as a studio session to create "intimate and vulnerable" photos. [3] He aims to "de-concert [his] concert photography". [3] Noire prefers to wait for specific moments instead of shooting in volume. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Concert Photographer Greg Noire Steps Out of His Comfort Zone". Complex. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Greg Noire: Shooting Stars". Ebony. September 4, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Behind The Lens: Greg Noire". Live Nation. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Stutz, Colin (April 20, 2018). "Spotlight: Capturing Coachella's Emotion On and Off the Stage With Photographer Greg Noire". Billboard. Retrieved December 24, 2022.
  5. ↑ "#CreatorConversations: See The Highlights From Our AMA With Concert Photographer Greg Noire". Sony Alpha Universe. Retrieved January 18, 2023.
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