Got the artist’s approval to shoot them at their next show but was never able to get in contact with their management. With less than a week and still no contact, my photo classmates and professor suggested showing up and just trying to make my way in. Getting the artists OK is cool and all but I feel like management has all the control and final say. Has anyone just showed up and smooth-talked their way into shooting a show?
This sounds like great advice! It might actually buy a shooter extra time to get some more personal, behind-the-scenes types of photographs. Documentary style photojournalism.