Dale Rio

Photographer

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Band Archive

Follow Hire

School: Smith College, Pratt Institute The George Washington University

American Nightmare, 10.13.01

Thursday, 3.10.02

AFI, 7.17.00

Ensign, 3.4.00

Maximum Penalty, 10.20.96

Ensign, 3.4.00

Kill Your Idols, 6.26.00

H2O, 2.9.01

Echo, 9.9.98

Orange 9mm, 7.16.99

H2O, 2.9.01

AFI, 7.17.00

Ensign, 4.1.01

Earth Crisis, 7.21.00

Amazing Crowns, 8.27.00

Avail, 9.1.00

My Ruin

H2O, 7.16.99

Earth Crisis, 7.21.00

Kill Your Idols

Kill Your Idols, 3.4.00

Thursday, 3.10.02

PLAY

STOP

GRID

FULL
LOVE

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Public Project

Band Archive

Copyright Dale Rio 2025

Date of Work Jan 2007 - Ongoing

Updated Jul 2017

Topics Documentary, Music, Photography

From the 1990s through the early 2000s, I photographed a lot of bands in New York and elsewhere. I was a regular at clubs like CBGB's and the Wetlands and constantly carried my camera with me. Although it's been quite a while since I've shot bands live, I have begun to scan and archive my band photos, because of the important role music has always played in my life. These images capture a specific place and time in an American subculture and have a place within the documentary tradition.

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Contained Within (2024)

Women on the Edge (2024)

The First Fifty

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In Absentia

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Forgotten 66

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