Cleveland has the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now, thanks to a photographer named Essy Ghavameddini, La Jolla has a Rock and Roll Wall of Fame. The wall is one of several photo-splashed spaces in Essy\u2019s Studio, a new gallery opening July 5 along the stretch of Girard Avenue that slopes down to the cove. The official photographer for the San Diego Sports Arena (now known as the Valley View Casino Center) for more than 30 years, Ghavameddini possesses a rich collection of music luminaries he captured live on stage.
\nThe Rock and Roll Wall is a visual who\u2019s who: Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Jerry Garcia, Taylor Swift \u2014 OK, she\u2019s not rock \u2019n\u2019 roll, but neither is Luciano Pavarotti, who\u2019s also on display. Maybe the most emotion-packed photo is one of a wild-eyed Mick Fleetwood pounding the drums. You can almost feel the ringing in your ears.
\nAmong Ghavameddini\u2019s favorite subjects is KISS. “I love to photograph them,” he said. “They give you so much love, so much respect. They pose for you one by one.” So it\u2019s no surprise that Gene Simmons and company are amply represented at Essy\u2019s Studio.
\nThis is not an exclusively concert-photography gallery. Ghavameddini devotes another wall to La Jolla\u2019s beaches (particularly Windansea) and sunsets, another to thoroughbreds in full stride at Del Mar, another to the four Super Bowls he\u2019s covered and to San Diego sports heroes, including Junior Seau and the San Diego Sockers that from the early 1980s through the early \u201990s dominated indoor soccer. Shooting high-energy, fast-moving sports \u2014 Ghavameddini eschews slow-moving baseball and golf \u2014 is another of his passions. “I\u2019m an action photographer,” he said. “You never know what you\u2019ll get.”
\nGhavameddini\u2019s gallery, a split-level space that includes a photography studio upstairs, is his first such showcase. “It\u2019s time for me to show my work,” he said, adding that he will offer images for sale on site. While he will have a couple of assistants, he said, “I\u2019m a one-man show here. I call my place a museum of my 31 years of work.”
\nThe color rock \u2019n\u2019 roll photos, which announce their presence the moment you walk into the gallery, are the most compelling and, with apologies to football and sunset devotees, the most fan-friendly. Like the music itself, they exude personality and commitment.
\nHow does Ghavameddini achieve that? Waiting for the right moment, he said, plus a rapport with the rockers from the shadows. “I have a conversation with them with my camera,” he said.
\nEssy\u2019s Studio is located at 8008 Girard Ave., Suite 190. For more information, visit www.essysstudio.com.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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