{"id":302,"date":"2009-07-24T14:03:29","date_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=302"},"modified":"2009-07-24T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2009-07-24T14:03:29","slug":"how_to_take_a_good_publicity_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2009\/07\/how_to_take_a_good_publicity_s\/","title":{"rendered":"How to take a good publicity shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I usually don&#8217;t like it when artists hold their instruments in press photos, but because these are otherwise so spot-on, I&#8217;m willing to make exceptions. Here are some new artist publicity shots that I think are just fantastic, courtesy of my gal pal <a href=\"http:\/\/operachic.typepad.com\/opera_chic\/2009\/07\/mousie-mousie-mousie.html\">Opera Chic<\/a>. Note how the photos capture each artist&#8217;s unique personality and musical aesthetic, and are artistic without being artsy. <\/p>\n<p>B\u00e9<i><em><\/em><\/i>la Fleck:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"BelaFleckAsMouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/BelaFleckAsMouse.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"318\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>Sarah Palin:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"SarahPalinAsMouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/SarahPalinAsMouse.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"299\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span><br \/>Edgar Meyer:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"EdgarMeyerAsMouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/EdgarMeyerAsMouse.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"560\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>The God Pan:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PanAsMouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/PanAsMouse.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"487\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>John Cage and Merce Cunningham: <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JohnCageAsMouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/JohnCageAsMouse.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"260\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>Jordi Savall:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"JordiSavallasMouse.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/JordiSavallasMouse.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"498\" width=\"400\" \/><\/span>Someone get Jordi Savall some cheese.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I usually don&#8217;t like it when artists hold their instruments in press photos, but because these are otherwise so spot-on, I&#8217;m willing to make exceptions. Here are some new artist publicity shots that I think are just fantastic, courtesy of my gal pal Opera Chic. Note how the photos capture each artist&#8217;s unique personality and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-main","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}