Switched my blog...

Hi everyone,
I just launched my new blog on Tumblr.com, needed something more versatile and fun, hope you all dig:
marcobollinger.tumblr.com
or you can find it through my website:
marcobollinger.com

Home Town Skate

Back home in Venice Beach at the new amazing skate park built right on the sand. Props to our local Venice skaters who were killing it. Shout out to Ian Imes, Ricky Hamamoto, Chad Randle, Reed Seagrave, Brandon West, David LaVera, James Hood, Mike Landers, Larry Burns, Danny Minnick, Perry Clark, Triple Jenkins, and Zack Casa.










For more Venice Beach Skate Park pix: http://marcobollinger.com/vb_skatepark

Coachella-Sunday Blew Me Away

I almost didn't go to the concert on Sunday. I was tried, my feet hurt and the jacuzzi at the house was looking so nice. But thank God I went.

Miike Snow was phenomenal, everything he played was a hit. Pheonix--so good, but didn't even bother getting near the front, the crowd was going nuts.

Thom Yorke was probably the best show of the year, Flea kept me jumping the entire hour and 40 minutes--on fire. As if it weren't enough, Gorrillaz closed. I was so tired by this point that I'd get up and dance for a few minutes and then have to sit back down again. Thank God for the mellow VIP area and Big ups to the Coachella Crew 2010!

...Never disappoints.





For all Coachella 2010 pix: http://marcobollinger.com/coachella2010

Even Celebrities Get Stranded in the Parking Lot

I got stranded in the Coachella parking lot after Tiesto on Saturday night, but I wasn't the only one. I'm standing on the corner waiting for my ride to come back for me when I see a familiar face. ...But no way, I'd just been shooting Drama from the TV show "Rob and Big" the week before for his new clothing line Young & Reckless, there's no way he's stuck out here with no ride too.

"Drama?""Marco?""What are you doing out here?""I can't find my driver and my phone's dead.""Classic."

Big ups to my little brother who came and got me.



We were both stranded because we'd stayed to see Tiesto. Quite frankly I didn't expect much, but he brought it. He pushed the Main Stage sound system as hard as it could go with total "A" game Dance.




Oh, and this guy got lost too....

For all Coachella 2010 pix: http://marcobollinger.com/coachella2010

On Stage w/ The Dead Weather

Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, The XX, Hot Chip, MGMT, Muse... and then I lost my whole group. It was my fault, stopped to chat, turned around and gone. Spent 15 minutes looking for them and then decided it was time for a solo adventure... On Stage with The Dead Weather. They were amazing, Jack White can do no wrong, it doesn't seem to matter what he's playing.





For all Coachella 2010 pix: http://marcobollinger.com/coachella2010

Coachella Day 1

Flew in from NYC and went straight from LAX into the concert at 7pm for Passion Pit ...who killed it. So fired up about this band. Ran around like maniacs the way everyone does on the first day, saw Them Crooked Vultures, LCD Soundsystem, La Roux, Little Dragon, Vampire Weekend and Jay Z to close. Bang! Lovin' Coachella.







For all Coachella 2010 pix: http://marcobollinger.com/coachella2010

Beyoncé Baby!

Back from blog hiatus with a vengeance. The Beyoncé editorial I shot for JJ Magazine in Japan finally came out. Gotta say she was amazingly easy to shoot, such a pro. She had several other shoots that same day and it was the day before her two big concerts at the Tokyo Dome. I knew shen was going to have had a long day before I got her at 4:30pm so I made this all-Basement Jaxx play list hoping that if I was bouncy, it'd be infectious.

She was running late and her manager could only promise me 20 minutes with her. I handed my assistant my iphone in stopwatch mode, "You have to make me change the shot every 5 minutes."

Miss B showed up all smiles and energy. I put the play list on anyway and we spent twenty minutes jumping up and down with the camera in my hand--amazing. "I'm supposed to drag myself to the gym at 5am when I'm on tour, I need this, send it to me." Even more amazing.

A Thursday Night of Great Music

I've been missing live music the last couple months. Having just moved out to NYC, I haven't really known where to go, but after a little word of mouth research I headed to the the National Underground on the Lower East, owned by Joey and Gavin Degraw.

I had only meant to stay a little while to check it out, but Julia Haltigan The Hooligans killed it. Julia was in full sultry character through every song, selling every note not to mention every drink in the bar.

Later I headed over to Ella to catch a set by Ford model/DJ Cassie Stevens. The XX, Gossip, Heavy Cross, great dance music and nothing boring, plus such a sweetheart. Would definitely go see her again. Made her promise to make the mix for my next photo shoot ...If she has time between shooting Carolina Herrera and DJing every night.

Foto Relief Art Auction @ Milk Studios

Stopped by at the FOTORELIEF art auction not really knowing what to expect considering there hasn't been one in a while, but damn, nice work John Gettings. The work selling was hot and relevant. A lot of photography work I recognized including two new favorites, Christophe Kutner and Jean François Campos, both of the new 435 Hudson Management (435hudsonmanagement.com). Also ran into IMG model Nicole Trunfio--stunning. A gorgeous photo of her was being auctioned for relief which she let me snap a pic of her with.

Debauchery on My Bday

Went out with Producer Tim Schneider and the girls to a little pub in Soho called Puffy's Tavern for my birthday and thanks to free vodka all night the little dive turned into a crazy party mess. At least the Jackson Pollock on the sidewalk wasn't mine.