Download Festival Press Area Portraits 2024

Whilst at Download last year, in between bands I decided to make the most of being back stage and take portraits of the awesome people around me.

This is something a little bit out of my comfort zone so was defiantly a bit of a challenge to over come some mild anxiety around going up to strangers and asking if they’d like their photo taken.

I am very glad I did this though as I adore the photos and think it shows an otherwise unseen side to the festival.

Below are the photos I took over the weekend of the wonderful people in the press area -

I also took portraits of musicians as they came into the press area and behind the Avalanche Stage, these are below -

Download Festival 2024 in photos (part 1)

Last year I had the absolute pleasure of photographing Download Festival for Muso Muso.

This was my first time working at a festival of this size and it honestly blew me away. I defiantly wasn’t prepared for how much walking I was going to do over the weekend and was very thankful to have my Doc Martens to keep my feet all warm during the rainy weather and muddy puddles.

I had the best time running between stages for 3 days. I photographed some of my all time favourite bands such as The Used and Delilah Bon. I also got to photograph some of my bucket list bands which included Billy Talent and Busted.

Below are some of my favourite live band photos from the bands listed above.

Here’s to Download 2025!