live music photographer in washington dc

From Intimate Venues to Nationwide Festivals

Concerts • Festivals • Backstage • Artist Portraits

Melissa Suarez is a music photographer with a curiosity and passion for the raw energy of the underground scene. From dimly lit basement venues to sprawling festival stages, I live to capture the intensity and the pure, unadulterated spirit of (mostly) metal music.

  • Shot of Chino Moreno of the Deftones taken during their show in Washington DC at the Anthem by Live Music Photographer, Melissa Suarez Skinner
  • Shot of Chino Moreno of the Deftones singing into a microphone taken during their live performance at the Anthem in Washington DC by Live Music photographer Melissa Suarez Skinner
  • Black and white photo of Mastodon playing a concert at Psycho Las Vegas by Washington DC Music Photographer
  • Black and white photo of Municipal Waste taken during at a concert at the iconic Black Cat in Washington DC my DC Music Photographer
  • Black and white photo of Exodus taken during Psycho Las Vegas by Washington DC Music Photographer
  • black and white photo of the frontman of the band Deafheaven taken during a live concert at Psycho Las Vegas
  • color image of Triumph of Death taken at a music festival in Las Vegas by DC Concert Photographer
  • Color Photo of Innumerable Forms taken during a concert at Atlas Brew Works in Ivy City by Washington DC Music Photographer
  • color image of the band Integrity taken during a concert at the Sidebar in Baltimore, Maryland by Washington DC Music Photographer
  • Black and white photo of guitarist from metal band Old Man Gloom during a concert in Las Vegas, Nevada

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rates start at $495