The Peculiar Backstage Food Requests of Famous Musicians

 

Henry Hargreaves is a New Zealand still life, art and fashion photographer working out of his studio in Brooklyn, NYC. While he has always had a passion for photography, he actually worked as a high-end fashion model for four years before switching to the other side of the lens full-time.

In a recent feature on Vice, Hargreave’s went through the concert riders of the some of the world’s biggest musicians and decided to photograph what he found were the most interesting/ridiculous demands.

As Hargreave’s explains:

“I initially thought I would try to shoot all of the items listed on the catering riders but quickly realized that this would become an exercise in wasting money. So I decided to focus on the quirkiest requests and shoot them in a Flemish Baroque still-life style because I felt that there was a direct connection between the themes in these types of paintings and the riders”

– Source: Vice.com

 

You can find many more fascinating projects on Henry Hargreave’s official website. And be sure to head over to Vice to see the entire 14-picture series.

 

 

 

One bottle each: Absolut, Jack Daniel’s, Chivas Regal, Courvoisier, Beefeater Gin, White wine, Red wine. Twenty-four chilled jumbo shrimp, Life Savers, Cough drops.

 

 

 

Fish and chips, McDonald’s cheeseburgers without the buns, 100 prunes and figs, a framed photo of Princess Diana.

 

 

 

Twenty-four pieces of fried chicken, Rough Rider condoms, Guinness.

 

 

 

Big-ass kielbasas that make men feel self-conscious.

 

 

 

Cristal Champagne, bendy straws.

 

 

 

Fresh Wonder Bread (white), Dom Perignon.

 

 

 

Two boxes of corn starch.

 

 

 

Herring in sour cream, large tube of KY jelly, M&M’s (Warning: absolutely no brown ones).