Photo Essay: Shutterbug Leni Sinclair

By Leni Sinclair , U.S.A.
Date Posted: 09/28/07 Reader Rating:

Why do I love photography? I really don’t know how to answer that. I love music, I love musicians and I just happened to have a camera when I first started going to see bands and enjoying musicians on the stage. When you have a camera, it’s like you can get close to the musicians without them seeing you. I’m not a good photographer when it comes to me asking someone, “Can I take your picture?” I don’t like doing this, but anybody on stage, in the limelight, is fair game. I wasn’t a paparazzo though, you know. When we had meetings with John Lennon in New York, I didn’t even bring my camera. It was about other things. I never thought, “I need pictures of famous people.” It was mostly that I took pictures when it was required or when I had a job to do. I took pictures of bands that they used for publicity to further their careers. I could have taken a lot more pictures of famous people if I had thought like that. Little did I think that one day I could make money off of Eric Clapton photos. No, I didn’t think like that. (laughs) Read Leni's story: Shutterbug Leni Sinclair: Music, Counterculture And Light. All photos copyright Leni Sinclair.