1990s Polaroid Portraits
Johnny Riggs worked as a DJ at WHFS in Baltimore/Washington D.C. from 1992-2000, XM Radio from 2000-2002, and now works again at WHFS. He also met a lot of musicians when he played in the bands Cinnamon Toast and Trampoline. These portraits were taken with a Polaroid Captiva.
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Dave Grohl
Maryland, 1997
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Gwen Stefani
1996
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Snoop Dogg
Los Angeles, 1999.
"I remember being surprised by how tall he was (WAY over 6 feet). I remember asking him on the what he had in his pockets. He reached down deep, brought out some bills and said 'some money,' and plunked down a small baggie and added, 'and a bag of weed.'"
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Courtney Love
Columbia, Maryland, 1995
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Anthony Kiedis
Virginia, mid 1990s
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Eminem
New York City, 1999
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Björk
Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1996
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Jewel
Baltimore, 1995
"She asked me to take a closeup of her 'snaggletooth', but I didn't have a closeup lens."
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Wayne Coyne
Landover, Maryland, 1999
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Fiona Apple
Washington, D.C., 1999
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Michael Stipe
Columbia, Maryland, late 1990s
"I was reading The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations by Charles Harrington Elster, and I had just learned that you're supposed to pronounce the name of the herb "cumin" in the same way that you would say 'I'm comin' to get ya.' Michael asked to see the book. After reading the 'cumin' section he handed it back to me and deadpanned 'I'm not saying that.'"
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PJ Harvey
Maryland, late 1990s
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Beck
1997
"He was walking with a cane, but didn't seem to have a limp."
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Wyclef Jean
Tibetan Freedom Concert, Washington, D.C., 1998.
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Perry Farrell
Tibetan Freedom Concert, New York City, 1997
"Perry and I were wandering around looking for somewhere interesting to take a photograph. He decided that someone's head being massaged was a good background."
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Liz Phair
Virginia, late 1990s
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Ice Cube
Las Vegas, 1997
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Travis Barker
Late 1990s
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Rob Zombie
Los Angeles, late 1990s
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Jeff Buckley
1996
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Liam Gallagher
Washington D.C., 1996.
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Stephen Malkmus
Lollapalooza, Chicago, 1995.
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Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl in Maryland, 1997.
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Gwen Stefani
Gwen Stefani, June 1, 1996.
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Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg in Los Angeles, 1999.
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Courtney Love
Courtney Love, 1995.
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Anthony Kiedis
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Eminem
Eminem in New York City, 1999.
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Björk
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Jewel
Jewel in Baltimore,1995.
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Wayne Coyne
Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips in Landover Maryland, 1999.
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Fiona Apple
Fiona Apple at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC, 1999.
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Michael Stipe
Michael Stipe of R.E.M. In Columbia, Maryland at Merriwether Post Pavilion in the late 1990s.
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PJ Harvey
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Beck
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Wyclef Jean
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Perry Farrell
Perry Farrell backstage at the Tibetan Freedom Concert in New York City, 1997.
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Liz Phair
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Ice Cube
Ice Cube in Las Vegas, 1997.
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Travis Barker
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Rob Zombie
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Jeff Buckley
Jeff Buckley, May 2, 1996.
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Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher of Oasis, Washington DC, 1996.
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Stephen Malkmus