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What is Classic Noise?
Well, besides what it says in the logo above, Greg Myhra's Classic Noise is a result of a love of things loud and visceral. It is prints you can buy, made from Greg Myhra's original negatives & slides of some of your favorite rock stars and auto racing legends, doing what they do best.
Concert photos will include Led Zeppelin's last American concert, Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps, the Rolling Stones, the New Barbarians, Blue Oyster Cult, Ronnie Montrose, Sammy Hagar (pre-Van Hagar), Eddie Money, Rick Derringer, Foreigner, Pat Travers, the Outlaws, Blondie, ACDC w/Bon Scott, Santana, Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Pat Benatar, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, REO Speedwagon and Triumph.
NHRA drag racing photos feature images of Don "the Snake" Prudhuomme, Tom "the Mongoose" McEwen, "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, Jungle Jim Lieberman, Ed "the Ace" McCulloch, Gary Densham, the Blue Max and others. Road racing photos from the mid 80s include some of the biggest names in motor sports including Mario & Michael Andretti, Al Unser (Sr. and Jr), Al Holbert, Tom Sneva, Bob Tullius, Roger Mandeville, Bobby Rahal and Danny Sullivan.
I ship locally and internationally, using the same care in packaging as I do in producing these photographs.
Two points regarding the images that you see in the listings:
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- The copyright notice is not on your final print.
- Everyone's monitor is calibrated & set up differently. This may make an image appear too light, too dark, soft or out of focus. Rest assured that this is due to individual monitors and has no bearing on what your final print will look like.
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About the Prints for Sale
The majority of photography in this catalog has never been printed before. Concert photos were taken between 1976 and 1980, and were shot exclusively at various San Francisco Bay Area venues including Bill Graham's Winterland and Day on the Green. The NHRA drag racing, CART Indy Car and IMSA Camel GT images were shot between the mid 70s and mid 80s at Fremont Drag Strip and Laguna Seca.
All prints are made from professional photographer Greg Myhra's original negatives and slides. They are scanned at high resolution and printed personally by Greg, using the highest quality archival pigment inks on top-of-the-line, heavyweight glossy paper. These professional quality inkjet prints have the ability to hold more detail and nuance than many traditional darkroom prints and with proper handling are as archival - if not more so. They are not cheap knock-off copies.
With current technology, all talk regarding whether a photo has been chemically processed in a darkroom or printed using modern digital technology shouldn't matter, provided the following points are met:
1) Are the colors or black & white tones rich and pleasing?
2) Does the paper have a nice, quality feel to it?
3) Most importantly, will it last?
Greg has been involved with high-end digital printing since the late 90s and has extensively tested a wide variety of paper stocks, inks and settings to find the best possible mix. These are no fly-by-night quickie inkjet prints; Greg uses the same technology on Classic Noise as he does for his gallery fine art prints. Visit his web site, myhraphoto.com for much more detail. Your satisfaction is guaranteed.
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About Greg Myhra
My passionate interest in photography began as a teenager growing up in my native San Francisco in the 70s. A chance encounter with a photo journalist at Fremont Drag Strip forged my choice of career. I had hopped the fence at the end of the track and was shooting pictures with my trusty Instamatic and struck up a conversation with a pro photographer. He let me look through his camera, with its long telephoto lens, and I was instantly hooked. I was about 14, and at that point I knew exactly what I wanted to be. I ended up owning a 35mm camera before I could drive. From that point it wasn't a stretch to start taking my camera with me to concerts to capture some of the biggest names in rock.
A nationally published fine art and advertising photographer for over 20 years, Greg has a natural and instinctive approach to producing both his commercial and personal work. He is a self-taught photographer who opted for a more personalized education in lieu of formal training. Greg worked through his late teens by shooting everything from rock concerts to auto races. To gain production skills, Greg apprenticed at and then managed a pre-press job shop - learning what was required to get his photography to look its best on the printed page. This background gave Greg a draftsman's eye and a keen sense of tone.
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Copyright Information
All photographs offered are © copyright Greg Myhra and are the exclusive intellectual property of Greg Myhra.
No prints may be copied, reproduced, altered or manipulated without the express written consent of Greg Myhra. To do so constitutes infringement of copyright.
To secure reproduction (licensing) rights to any of the photographs in this store, or my web site, call or email Greg to discuss your needs.
Customers who buy prints do own the physical print. Customers are allowed to resell the physical prints. At no time are licensing rights granted to customers without prior written agreement. Greg Myhra retains all copyright.
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