Charles Peterson
Charles Peterson (February 2,1964 in Longview, Washington) is an American photographer well known for his work with the Seattle independent record label Sub Pop and for capturing the then-newly emerging grunge scene in images. His photos are presented in the movie Kurt Cobain: About a Son. Peterson is known for depicting the rise of the Pacific Northwest underground music scene in the late 1980s to early 1990s.
Charles Peterson
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- Name
- Charles Peterson
- Born
- 1964
- Birthplace
- Longview, Washington, U.S.
- Occupation
- Photographer
- Education
- University of Washington, 1987
- Nationality
- United States
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• Name — Charles Peterson • Born — 1964 • Birthplace — Longview, Washington, U.S. • Occupation — Photographer • Education — University of Washington, 1987 • Subject — Music photography • Website — http: www.charlespeterson.net/
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Charles Peterson, a photographer, was born in 1964. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Personal life
Personal life
Peterson lives in Seattle with his wife, son and daughter.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk Virginia, February–May 2005 • Seattle's Experience Music Project (EMP) • Galerie Chappe, Paris "Kurt Cobain, About A Son" November 2008 • Experiencing Nirvana (2014) Camden, UK
Publications
• Touch Me I'm Sick, by Jennie Boddy (Author), Eddie Vedder (Author, Introduction), Charles Peterson (Photographer)(PowerHouse, 2003) • Screaming Life: A Chronicle of the Seattle Music Scene, Charles Peterson (Author, Photographer) (Harper Collins, 1995) • Pearl Jam: Place/Date, Charles Peterson (Author), Lance Mercer (Author) (Rizzoli/Vitalogy, 1997) • Cypher, Jeff Chang (Author), Charles Peterson (Photographer), (PowerHouse Books 2008)
Films
• Teen Spirit: The Tribute to Kurt Cobain (1996) • Hype! (1996) • All Apologies: Kurt Cobain 10 Years On (2006) • The Last 48 Hours of Kurt Cobain (2006) • Seven Ages of Rock (2007) • Kurt Cobain: Too Young to Die (2012) • Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015) (photographs)
Photographer Charles Peterson, at the Neptune Theater during the 2007 Seattle International Film Festival, after the film Kurt
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- 1.Photographer Charles Peterson Captured the Birth of Grunge Music in Seattle 3 March 2015. PetaPixel. 3 March 2015.
- 2.Kurt Cobain : about a son. Discogs.
- 3.Charles Peterson. Proud online.
- 4.Charles Peterson : Come as you are : Seattle's Rock Legacy. Soulcatcher.
- 5.Everybody loves out town 21 April 2011. grungebook.
- 6.Exposition de Kurt Cobain "About a son". Agence Germaine Pire.
- 7.Experiencing Nirvana 29 April 2014. L'oeil de la photographie.
- 8.Prato, Greg. AllMusic Review. AllMusic.com.
- 9.Hype!. IMDb.
- 10.All apologies : Kurt Cobain 10 years. IMDb.
- 11.The last 48 hours of Kurt Cobain. IMDb.
- 12.Seven ages of rock. IMDb.
- 13.Too Young to Die.
- 14.Cobain : Montage of Heck. IMDb.
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