Musician and Band Portraits
Context
Since 2021, Hugues de Castillo has developed a portrait photography practice dedicated to musicians and bands.
This work extends his concert photography practice and explores the relationship between visual identity, presence and the representation of artists.
Photographic Approach
The portraits are produced in a variety of contexts, often alongside live performances, in dressing rooms, backstage areas and the transitional spaces that surround the stage.
The approach favours spontaneity and adaptation to existing conditions rather than elaborate or artificial staging.
Subject
Presented here, this series mainly brings together portraits of bands created for promotional purposes.
Beyond their communication function, these images seek to reveal the human dynamics that connect the members of a group: complicity, complementarity and collective personality.
Objective
To create musician and band portraits that support artists’ communication while retaining a strong documentary and human dimension.
BIRDS IN ROW, band from Laval.
Novembre 8th 2022
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
RUSSIAN CIRCLES, band from Chicago.
March 21th 2023
Ancienne Belgique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
CAVE IN, band from Boston.
October 14th 2021
Desertfest Antwerp / Trix | Antwerp
© Hugues de CASTILLO
UNIFORM, band from New-York.
October 4th, 2024
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
HIGH VIS, band from London.
October 16th 2023
Ancienne Belgique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
DRUG CHURCH, band from Albany.
February 17th 2024
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
NORNA, band two-thirds Swiss and one-third Swedish
Avril 19th 2023
Roadburn Festival 2023 | Tilburg
© Hugues de CASTILLO
PALLBEARER, band from Little Rock / Arkansas.
May 14th 2025
Obsidian Fest | Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
ABRAHAM, band from Lausanne.
April 1st 2024
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
ORANSSI PAZUZU, band from Tampere / Finland.
- Ville LEPPILAHTI
- Niko LEHDONTIE
- Toni HIETAMÄKI
- Juho VANHANEN
- Jarkko SALO
November 16th 2024
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
PRIMITIVE MAN band from Denver
- Joe LINDEN
- Ethan Lee McCARTHY
- Jonathan CAMPOS
March 2nd 2024
Kavka Zappa | Antwerp
© Hugues de CASTILLO
ARTIFICIAL BRAIN band from Richmond / Virginia.
- Dan GARGUILO
- Mike PAPARO
- Alex TOMLIN
- Oleg ZALMAN
- Samuel SMITH
November 6th 2025
Magasin 4 | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
GREAT FALLS, band from Seattle.
March 15th 2024
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
IMPERIAL TRIUMPHANT, band from New-York.
May 7th 2023
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
THE BODY & DIS FIG, a collaborative project bringing together sludge duo THE BODY from Providence, Rhode Island, and Berlin-based American electronic musician DIS FIG.
November 1st 2024
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
NEW AGE DOOM & TUVA BAND collaborative project between Canadian duo NEW AGE DOOM and Norwegian musician TUVA BAND.
April 19th 2025
Roadburn Festival | Tilburg
© Hugues de CASTILLO
SUMAC, a band with members from Vancouver, Seattle, and Vashon, Washington.
April 21th 2025
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
VANTRE Parisian instrumental trio.
June 14th 2025
La Source Beer Co | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO
SLIFT, Toulouse trio.
- Canek FLORES
- Jean FOSSAT
- Rémi FOSSAT
May 15th 2025
Le Botanique | Brussels
© Hugues de CASTILLO