Summertime Views

Summer is even more unpredictable than the rest of the year, but the last three months gave me some wonderful shoots with longtime friends and colleagues, cool kids being their cool selves, lots of great tunes, and a big open look at the Milky Way on a perfectly dark night in Colorado. Behind the scenes, I've made significant investments in my business and I'm looking forward to sharing some big projects, news, and more views in the fall! 

All photos © copyright 2018 by Elliot Mandel. All rights reserved.

2016: Celebrating a Big Year

This was a wild ride of a year. I shot tons of fabulous music. Philip Glass signed my photo of Philip Glass playing Philip Glass.  I covered Kurt Elling in the studio and created his latest batch of publicity portraits. Spektral Quartet's album "Serious Business," which includes my cover photo, was nominated for a Grammy. I sat next to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg for 15 seconds. I gazed at the Milky Way from the tiny island of Islesford, Maine. And right in the middle of it all, I presented my jazz photography portfolio at the American Embassy in Vienna, Austria.  Thanks to all of you for being a part of a wonderful 2016! Enjoy this gallery of a few of my favorites. 

Chicago Children's Choir 60th Anniversary Gala

Kahil El'Zabar with Fulcrum Point New Music Ensemble

Branford Marsalis, Victor Goines with the Northwestern Jazz Band

Glass/Glass/Glass

Kurt Elling at the Green Mill, on film

Kurt Elling in studio recording "The Beautiful Day"

Kurt Elling's "The Beautiful Day"

Ailyn Perez, Craig Terry during the Collaborative Works Festival

Kelley O'Connor, Matthew Gemmill at the Collaborative Works Festival

Justice RBG, photo by Liz Markel

eighth blackbird 20th Anniversary Gala at Thalia Hall

Grammy-nominated album!

Scott Speck, Chicago Philharmonic

Presenting jazz photos at the American Embassy in Vienna

Ramona Steiner at Jazz Land, Vienna

Vienna, my old friend

Milky Way in Maine