Artist Portraits – J.Mimna Photography

Featured Artist: Anders Osborne

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on May 19, 2020

As I took the daunting leap to being a full time self-employed photographer with a fledgling business in 2010, nothing met my need for drive like the song Aim Way High. For me that song is audio coffee when I need a spiritual boost. This was just the start to Anders being my musical driver for so many life situations in the years since.

Dumpstaphunk

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits, Concert Photos on April 29, 2016

This authentic New Orleans super-group is loaded to the gills in talent, chops and native sons. Lead by the one and only Ivan Neville, this soul soaked band brings not only some of the best funk coming out of NOLA today, but also funky arrangements that offer dueling bass guitars and searing vocals that speak […]

The New Mastersounds

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on April 29, 2016

The New Mastersounds have a uniquely old school music personality in today’s landscape of overly compressed pop-based bands that piss in your ear via FM radio. They have a sound that is distinctly funky, grown from the seeds of New Orleanian originators of the genre, The Meters. Despite this band’s old soul being deeply rooted […]

Chaz DePaolo – Resolution Blues Album Cover

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on December 23, 2015

Chaz DePaolo has worn the many hats required of a lifetime musician and band leader, but primarily he is one hell of a blues guitar player. He is a storied musician who has lived the ups and downs of the music business, life, and all that lies between. He has opened for some of the […]

Another side of Musketeer Gripweed

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on February 26, 2014

I know that hindsight is 20/20, but with the new album “Floods & Fires” about to be released, I see, looking back, how much this period was influencing the writing and general direction of the band. The portraits below are in the shadows of the fire-scarred slopes of Poudre Canyon just above them. Walking around […]

Anders Osborne – One on One

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on August 14, 2013

I have long been a huge fan of Anders Osborne’s art. His music draws from his life, which seasons it with a large dose of reality that the everyday listener can relate to. His body of work as a whole is a beautiful story written in the language of the common man. His failures and […]

Brian Nevin Session

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on July 7, 2013

This portrait session I shot with Brian Nevin, drummer for Big Head Todd & The Monsters. I took these images at Red Rocks Amphitheater during BHTM sound check for potential use by his sponsor drum stick company for commercial marketing purposes. I don’t need Red Rocks to make killer images but when I’m there, I […]

Damon Wood’s Harmonious Junk

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits on July 7, 2013

When Damon contacted me about creating some new promotional images for the new album Sirens and Pipers media push, I was stoked. Nothing makes me happier than making art inspired by art I dig, and this certainly is just that! As soon as the I started to contemplate the band, I saw theses images in […]

Musketeer Gripweed – Halloween Gasoline

Posted by Jim in Artist Portraits, Concert Photos on November 20, 2012

Musketeer Gripweed properly blew out the Aggie Theatre in Fort Collins in celebration of Halloween, and I was there to document it. They are an exciting group who embraces the freedom of performance art that the stage brings, leaving reality behind. The band was joined by Gary Downing, father of the band’s lead singer, Jason. […]