'The Disciples' by James Mollison

The images themselves were originally part of an exhibition but have now been released as a book (See below). The front cover of the book doesn't strike me as a photography book at all, at first look it has more of a 'Bible' feel to it (fitting in with the name 'The Disciples'), that is until you look closer at the design around the Title and you start to realize that these patterns are all famous musicians or bands logos/names. This intrigues the viewer, especially one who has an interest in music. I don't own a copy of this book so I can't comment on how it looks once you open it up but my view on the images themselves is below.

James Mollison has chosen to concentrate on the audience of famous musicians/bands. The way he has achieved the images was by setting up a small portable studio outside venues at particular shows and individually shooting portraits of the die hard fans, he then Photoshopped each of the images into the panoramic images you see below.

The product of this is a series of images that not only show groups of die hard fans together but also shows us how far these people will go to emulate there idols in an attempt to form their own 'individual' identity. The images pull the viewer into the world of celebratory admiration which has escalated in the past few years and creates a bizarre form of irony in the fact that these individuals feel that they are, in fact, each an individual and not following the crowd.