Paris Visone is an American documentary photographer and live video director based in Boston. She was a recipient of the Getty Images Editorial Photography Grant and has been featured in publications such as Rolling Stone, and GEO Magazine. Visone has directed music videos for artists such as Godsmack and New Found Glory. After serving as Godsmack’s tour photographer for 13 years, she has now transitioned into a role as their Live Video Director. Visone also serves as the tour photographer for New Kids On The Block, and
Big Time Rush.

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CHAPTERS

0:00 Intro
2:00 Hanson
7:00 at 40 changing career positions
7:51 “I’ve been Godsmack’s photographer for 13 years, got burnt out”
10:00 was a VIP photographer that’s now she got on tour
14:00 networking gets you jobs/using Paris’ photos to get me jobs
14:47 meeting on the set of Banded
16:30 scheduling tour to tour in the year
17:00 New Kids & Big Time Rush fans are insane. Old ladies love the boys with great bodies - mid 50s
18:30 Big Time Rush comeback tour / also actors they’re funny
19:30 big mix of bands - couldn’t be any different
20:13 country for a photographer could get boring
21:00 why do you get butterflies with the band
22:30 - transitioning to video directing / creating content for the video wall - iMag cameras vs camera
24:22 different people running the cameras, some people need instruction, some people have a good sense of what they’re doing
25:30 production side of the music industry - mini music video - more entertaining than showing just what’s there *** stick throw
26:30 collaborating on the content side for the screens
27:10 creating visuals using A.I - runway program
Example: took the original album art and made it move
28:00 A.I made it easier to redo older art
30:54 concert documentaries- keep thinking about production while watching the docs lol
31:45 we’re getting old, Forbes 40 under 40
32:45 GETTY Images Grant
33:00 publications been there done that
34:40 Kyle still posting the rolling stone article from years ago
35:30 going from “the grind” to focusing on the passion and art
36:30 collaborating with other photographers rather than “looking up to them
39:00 Courtney Kemp - “do you want to work FOR someone, or BE them”
40:00 first tour story - crew bus with blondie - tour bus rules - only girl on the bus
41:51 VIP / stage runners
42:30 New Kids tense moments going through the crowd
44:30 sometimes you film stuff that shouldn’t be shown - have to respect the privacy of the artists
46:00 how many cameras per tour / venue
48:00 camera / tech issues mid show - how does it get fixed
49:45: it content goes down, have a backup computer / live cam going down
53:00 smaller venues vs arenas
54:50 Top 3 Tours Paris has been on