Chris Cuffaro (born April 14, 1960) is an American photographer. Primarily known for his portraits of musicians, Cuffaro has photographed

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, among others. He was closely associated with the Seattle rock scene of the early 1990s, and frequently photographed artists including

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. Cuffaro made several music videos. Most notably, he directed the first video for the Pearl Jam song " Jeremy." Although Pearl Jam's label supported the effort - Cuffaro and

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had become friends—the label ultimately shelved the black-and-white video, instead commissioning a more commercial video when "Jeremy" was released as a single in 1991. Composed of 100 photographs, the first exhibition of Cuffaro's photography was held in Los Angeles in 1992. In 2011, his portraits of Michael Hutchence and

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were exhibited in London. Titled ''Michael Hutchence & INXS: Rare & Unseen by Chris Cuffaro,'' it was held at the Gallery Soho. In 2014, work began on ''Cuffaro's Greatest Hits,''an exhibit based on Cuffaro's 30-year career as a photographer. The exhibitions will be accompanied by a documentary.

Exhibitions

* Ministry: Los Angeles, 1992: Cuffaro's first music photography exhibition was at Ministry Cafe on La Brea Ave. in Los Angeles. * Greatest Hits: Los Angeles, 2017: Greatest Hits: Los Angeles was a retrospective celebrating the work of Cuffaro, held at

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on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, CA. * Greatest Hits: Martini Ranch, 2017: took place at Mr. Musichead Gallery on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood, and celebrated the 30th Anniversary of James Cameron’s music video "Reach" for the band

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. * Greatest Hits: George Michael, 2018: held at Black Eye Gallery in Sydney, Australia. The exhibition included images from 1987 for the

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video through 1988 for the FAITH Tour. Cuffaro shot the publicity shoot for the label and still photography for George’s music videos including ''

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''. * Greatest Hits: Grunge, 2019: at Blender Gallery in Sydney, Australia. The exhibition included images of

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. * Greatest Hits: Pearl Jam, 2019: took place at Mr Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles, California, and showed images of

from 1991 to 1992. * Greatest Hits: Michael Hutchence, 2019: took place at Blender Gallery in

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, Australia. The exhibition includes images of Hutchence taken in 1993 for ''Detour'' magazine.

References

External links

Cuffaro Hits (Official Site)

Cuffaro Photo (Official Site)

Cuffaro Plus (Official Site)
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