The Discarded - Promo

Just wanted some feedback on this one. This was taken with my wide-

angle lens on real film. I scanned the negative and desaturated it

in photoshop and added quite a bit of contrast. Along with that I

rotated the image to make it a little crooked, just to give it even

more of a "punk" feel. This is a punk band and I wanted the

photograph to express that. This is the first shot I scanned, theres

many more I took, but I thought this one would be good to show.

Helpful critiques are welcome.

There's not a lot of helpfull critique one can offer for this sort of photography because, almost by definition, the picture is intended to be bad. If you're looking for more impact, though, I'd get in closer and arrange the group in a 'V' pointing towards you so they fill the space more. You've got the beginnings of it here. Put the girl in the front because she's shorter and the tall chap at the back. Then give it all the depth of field you can manage. Lighting from above will help to avoid intrusive shadows while making them look scarier.

as a clash fan I am reminded of bob guins work with the group. by the looks of it, these folks are clash fans too! what if the group were in a more casual (laughing, pointing, throwing darts down the pub, etc) setting? not so staged?

You mean Bob Gruen :) Well the band really came up with the idea. As you noticed they are fans of the clash, and in that fashion they decided to use the photo of the clash that is on his t-shirt as inspiration for the shot, of course the irony being he would wear the shirt for it the photo. So thats why its more staged looking.